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N of Coral Haven, W of Pennan, Aberdeenshire.
NGR: | NJ 84290 65692 |
WGS84: | 57.68080, -2.26509 |
Length: | 22 m |
Vert. Range: | 8.7 m |
Altitude: | 3 m |
Geology: | Gardenstown Conglomerate Formation |
Tags: | Other |
Registry: | main |
A small, but complex upper intertidal cave with two entrances. Formed by the intersection of a group of three parallel joints running NS and one EW.
As you enter the S entrance, which is the mid level and supratidal, there is a lower right rift slot on the right which drops down 1.4 m to an upper intertidal level. A middle rift slot goes along about 5.2 m. On the left you climb up to a higher level, where at about 4.4 m there is a pillar. On its left is a W rift slot too narrow to go through.
On the right you can clamber through, over the middle rift slot to the upper part of the EW rift tunnel. This has a slot to a lower cave which is intertidal and whose floor is 5.6m down from the upper level. This lower cave extends 4.8 m and is 4.3 m wide about 2.5 m in.
Alternate Names: None recorded.
Notes: Access: over a very rocky foreshore in bottom 2/3 of the tide from the W end of Pennan, where you can usually park. After Coral Haven. Also from Mill Shore coming the other way.
By sea and a beach landing in Coral Haven near high tide and in low swell, then north.
The length was computed as follows: S entry to N side of upper EW tunnel - 7.0 m
Upper EW tunnel 4.6 m
Floor of upper EW tunnel to lower EW 5.6 m
Lower EW tunnel 4.8 m
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This entry was last updated: 2021-10-07 19:35:13
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