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Loch Valigan Shakehole Cave

Atholl, E of Loch Valigan, Creag nan Gobhar, Perthshire.

NGR:NN 98500 68800
WGS84:56.79962, -3.66358
Length:9 m
Vert. Range:3 m
Altitude:620 m
Geology:Not recorded
Tags:Cave
Registry:main

Cave. Entrance at bottom of distinctive 8 m deep shakehole. Rock face on E side about 100 m SW of Stream Sink. Two other large shakes to S, one with pool. Low 6 m passage leads under rock face to 3 m pitch, choked at foot, but eyehole 1 m from floor allows restricted view into small chamber, estimated 1 m by 1.5 m by 1 m high.

Alternative Names: Shakehole Cave

Notes: Explored by Jim Salvona, 1983 & 1984. Explored by Jim Salvona & Ivan Young, 1984.

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