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Stac an Dùnain Natural Arch [NW]

Stac an Dùnain, Cape Wrath, Sutherland.

NW-SE-trending natural arch through the eastern part of a stack (Stac an Dùnain), NW of Cape Wrath lighthouse.

Stac an Dùnain can be described as either one irregularly shaped sea stac or two smaller stacs (one roundish and onr thinner and lens shaped) connected by a narrow isthmus. A natural arch runs through the north side of the smaller (landward) stac. Perversely, it is wider at the top than the bottom. This passage was probably formed along two angled (near vertical) fissures with the unsupported rock above dropping away.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Given location is for NW entrance. Length approx., measured from Google Earth. Vertical range (20 m) estimated from Geograph image (approx 1/2 of full height of stac (approx. 130 ft / 40 m)).

Stac an Dùnain - This name signifies "Steep Rock of the Little Heap" and applies to a low water Rock at the utmost extremity of "Cape Wrath." and within a few Chains of the Light House. [ScotlandsPlaces]