Nettle Cave 2

A just supratidal cave facing about NNW. The entrance is quite wide at 7.5 m. It narrows somewhat and the beach of large flattish stones/pebbles rises closer to the ceiling so that there is a flat crawl from 17 m to 20 m inside. It gets tall enough to sit up, while turning right and sloping gently down to a bit of a flat squeeze that was not attempted on 12/6/24.

There is clearly a passage along which air was coming. This may indicate a connection to Nettle Cave 3.

Notes: Access: from beach to the west of the cave at low tide. This can be from the Sandy Creek beach on the E side of Findochty. Then round or through Starling Cave and to the W side of Horse Head.

Links and Resources:

1st Ed OS 25 in has 'Nettle Caves'. Current OS dot.
Photo 1 by Ann Burgess. This cave is the second from the left.
Photo 2 this cave is the larger one on the right of the pair close together. 18 July 24. The promontory on the left is the west side of Horse Head.
Photo 3 this cave is on the right (W). Nettle Cave 1 is on left (E). Taken 12/6/24 by N Feilden.
Photo 4 entrance from just outside. Taken 12/6/24.
Photo 5 looking inside from the entrance. Taken 12/6/24.
Photo 6 looking out of the entrance from inside. The white line is a measuring tape. Taken 12/6/24.
Photo 7 looking inward from about the same location as Photo 6. At the top of the 'beach' is a crawl from 17 m to 20 m and the 'beach' slopes slightly down. Air flow could be detected. Taken 12/6/24.
Photo 8 looking inward from about 23 m at which point one could sit up comfortably. The laser distance meter gave 6.1 m from tape 23 m to the furthest point inside the dark triangle. Taken 12/6/24.
Photo 9 closer to the 'dark triangle' of photo 8. Taken 12/6/24.
Photo 10 looking back up slope towards the entrance from about 22 m in. The 'S' is the measuring tape. Taken 12/6/24.

This entry was last updated: 2025-01-06 17:35:57

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NGR:	NJ 47446 68390
WGS84:	57.70223, -2.88345
Length:	29 m
Vert. Range:	3.3 m
Altitude:	9 m
Geology:	Cullen Quartzite Formation - quartzite, psammite & semipelite
Tags:	Cave, SeaCave
Registry:	main

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