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Dovat Cave Guns (Cave of the) Rotherhole Whale's Mou (N entrance) Whale's Mou (S entrance) Malladraw's Hole Bow Fiddle (Nat Arch) Langet Cave (northeast) Langet Cave (southwest) Farskane's Cave Clary (Cave of the) Janet's Well Portknockie [Overview] * Cave (Portknockie) Three Caved Doors (East) Three Caved Doors (Mid)
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East Cliff, Portknockie, Moray, (Banffshire).
| NGR: | NJ 49559 68683 |
| WGS84: | 57.70511, -2.84806 |
| Length: | 10 m |
| Vert. Range: | 15 m |
| Altitude: | -1 m |
| Geology: | Cullen Quartzite Formation (Dalradian metamorphic) |
| Tags: | SeaCave |
| Registry: | main |
A tall, short seacave/overhang which is 34 m NNW of the Dovat Cave. It has an aven in the top, SW corner.
From 2001 K'nocker: "A very striking cave near this spot is the Meikle Cave of the Divot .. . here upwards of a century ago a wrecked Dutch crew succeeded in affecting a landing and saving themselves.
Tradition has it that on reaching the top of the cliff they licked the ground and thence the name of the cave."
Alternative Names: Meikle Dovat Cave
Notes: Or perhaps the name is simply a version of Meikle (Little) Dovat.
Length, VR & alt are unmeasured estimates.
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This entry was last updated: 2020-08-14 14:53:23
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