Ha' Cove

A sea cave at the end of a long geo aligned nearly NS ( 007/187) . 1st Ed shows 22m tunnel outline aligned with the geo.

"A cave in the cliff overhanging the Sea, a little to the South of Darn Bay. OS1/19/13/66

Kincardine Ha' Cove [note] "Ha' - The manor house &c. "Cove - A cave" (Jamieson)"

Access: by sea from Inverbervie or Catterline. A visit on 11/10/25 with rather low swell did not allow close enough approach to the entrance to look inside. The geo appears to resonate with the slightest southerly swell.

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1st Ed 25" OS shows the cave tunnel aligned with the geo and does not show either the jink in the geo or the gap in the E side. See Aerial and photo 3.
OS Namebook Kincardineshire - Kinneff & Catterline - p66
Aerial showing location of Ha' Cove. The geo runs at 007 deg, then kinks right to 029 and the tunnel turns left, probably to about 344 degrees.
Photo 1 taken on 10 Nov 21 looking along the geo. The top of the cave entrance is just visible over a rock on the right.
Photo 2 taken N of the kink shows the cave entrance, but the tunnel is aligned well to the left.
Photo 3 shows the gap in the E side of the geo, looking WNW from outside the geo. See the aerial view above.

This entry was last updated: 2025-10-15 21:02:49

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NGR:	NO 84730 73479
WGS84:	56.85249, -2.25199
Length:	22 m
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	0 m
Geology:	Gourdon Sandstone Formation
Tags:	Cave, SeaCave
Registry:	main

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