Cove Bay [Overview]

In records of the 16th century, the village of Cove is described as the " toun of Coif, callit Halyman's Coif." The former name had arisen from the number of caves and inlets which exist among the rocks in the neighbourhood; and the latter may have originated from one or more of the caves having been selected as the abodes of some of those self-sacrificing and holy men who, regardless alike of remuneration and fame, had there dwelt and raised beacon-fires to warn mariners of impending danger, or supplied the wants of those who escaped from shipwreck or other calamities, upon this, which is still a dangerous and much feared part of the east coast of Scotland.

Notes: Coordinates are not for any specific cave (they are actually slightly offshore).

Links and Resources:

Caves of Scotland Bibliography, pp. 52-53.
archive.org/stream/epitaphsinscript02jervuoft/epitaphsinscript02jervuoft_djvu.txt; Jervoise, Andrew, 1879, "Epitaphs and inscriptions from burial grounds and old buildings in the North East of Scotland; with historical, biographical, genealogical, and antiquarian notes, also an appendix of illustrative papers, with a Memoir of the author".
BSBI News [n/l of the Botanical Society of the British Isles] (101) January 2006 55.
Green, I P 2006 Filed meeting reports: Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire (v c 91-93) 9-10th July 2005
Marren, Peter, 1984 The History of Dickies Fern in Kincardineshire. Trans Bot Soc Edinburgh 44 157-164
Marren, Peter, 1984 The History of Dickies Fern in Kincardineshire. Pteridologist 1 27-32
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland vol. 10, p. 630.
Page, Christopher N, 1988 Ferns / Their Habitats in the British and Irish Landscapes. The New Naturalist Series No 74. Collins, London. 100, 101-102 More on Dickie's bladder-fern in the sea caves of Kincardineshire.
Wiggington, M J 1999 British Red Data Books 1 Vascular plants. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough. Cystopteris dickieana Dickie's bladder-fern in the sea caves of Kincardineshire.

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NGR:	NJ 95600 00350
WGS84:	57.09412, -2.07424
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	Not recorded
Geology:	Not recorded
Tags:	Other
Registry:	second

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