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Quilatotar (Cave SE of) [2]

Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Ross & Cromarty.

NGR:NB 55320 53880
WGS84:58.40463, -6.19005
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:Not recorded
Altitude:Not recorded
Geology:Lewisian Complex - Gneiss
Tags:Cave, SeaCave
Registry:second

Sea cave southeast of Quilatotar, in a small inlet just north of an as yet unidentified burn.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Cuilatotair is the older spelling, Quilatotar is more modern; meaning corner or nook of the ruin or homestead. Cuil means nook and Tobhta borrowed into Scots Gaelic means ruin but derives from the Norse Toft meaning homestead.

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