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Oxroad Bay Sea Cave

Tantallan, Auldhame, East Lothian.

Sea Cave.

Natural cave at foot of cliffs at Oxroad Bay. 7m deep, 3m wide & 2m high at front sloping down to back. Floor strewn with large boulders, sand & shingle. Channel perhaps worn by boulders lies immediately in front of cave.

CoSBib, p. 23.

BC 77 39.

Alternative Names: Auldhame Sea Cave, Aldame Sea Cave, Seacliff Cave

Notes: Site recorded by GUARD during Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 26th February 1996 during rapid coastal survey of S shore of Firth of Forth from Dunbar to Stirling & along N shore of Forth to Fife border. Gazetteer of all sites including listed buildings, designed landscapes, scheduled and unscheduled monuments produced. Full details of survey in report held by NMRS. Sponsor: Historic Scotland GUARD 1996.

Do not confuse with the nearby St. Baldred's Cave which has also been called by the same alternate names.