Map with: Google Map, or OS Explorer Map from Streetmap.co.uk

Other Sites Within 500m

Poll Gorm (cave ) [1] [S]  Poll Gorm (cave) [2]  Portomin Head 

 Go to the Main Scottish Cave and Mine Database Search Page

Poll Gorm (cave) [1] [N]

Poll Gorm, Dunbeath, Caithness.

NGR:ND 16997 29454
WGS84:58.24594, -3.41565
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:Not recorded
Altitude:Not recorded
Geology:Lybster Flagstone Formation - Siltstone, Mudstone And Sandstone
Tags:Cave, Arch, SeaCave, SAM
Registry:second

Cave marked on OS map in the cliffs below the Poll Gorm promontory fort.

Probable north entrance to natural arch. See Poll Gorm (cave) [1] [S].

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: The cave is not mentioned as part of the scheduled ancient monument but as the scheduling covered everything from the surface downwards the cave is included.

Links and Resources:

This entry was last updated: 2024-10-22 17:22:14

Errors or omissions in this information? Submit corrections/additions/comments for this entry to the registrars.

All database content Copyright 2026 Grampian Speleological Group.
Web Registry software by Matt Voysey.