Uamh nan Ileach

NGR:	NM 71140 03321
WGS84:	56.16743, -5.68791
Length:	17 m
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	15 m
Geology:	Scarba Conglomerate Formation - metaconglomerate
Tags:	Cave, SeaCave
Registry:	main

Obvious entrance in small rocky outcrop surrounded by head-high bracken. Walking passage lowers at the end. [Chris Scaife]

"A Cave on the Island of Scarba ⅛ of a mile west of Bàgh Gleann a' Mhaoil and north east of Port nan Ìleach." [OS Namebook]

Length measured by Chris Scaife on 2/6/24. Altitude is asl based on OS contours.

Links and Resources:

6" OS map. Argyll and Bute, Sheet XXXVII.SW, 1897. Named on map with irregular starburst at approximate cave location.
OS dot at NM 71129 03320 on hires layer (Canmore L10).
Photo 1 entrance. Taken 2/6/24 by Chris Scaife.
Photo 2 looking out along the tunnel and through the entrance. Taken 2/6/24 by Chris Scaife.
Scotland's Places. Alexander Farquharson, Gamekeeper. Scarba. Alexander McLachlan, Fisherman, Luing Hugh McDonald, Fisherman, Kinuachdrach.

This entry was last updated: 2024-10-01 14:21:19

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