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New Found Aisle

Bin Forest, Cairnie, Aberdeenshire.

Talus Cave.

Triangular opening between a couple of massive moss covered boulders gives way to a 2.5m deep shaft which is not much more than 1x1m. Off this shaft another passage leads E, basically the void under the western boulder. It starts about a meter above the bottom of the shaft, is about 0.6m tall, 0.4m wide, and extends about 2m (further sections not entered) [J. Swanson]

A cave extending about 25 yards beneath the Ground. It is entered by a small fissure in the rock and is very difficult to get into. [OS Namebook]

Cave entered by a fissure in rocks. Now in area of afforestation. [HER]

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Labelled on OS maps.

Whilst the OS Namebook specifically states that the name relates to a cave, Milne (1912) claims that 'New Found Aisle' refers to a hill (derived from 'Naomh Fin Al' meaning 'sacred hill'). OS description of 25 yds length is dubious.

Hydrographic Feeds: None

Hydrographic Resurgences: None