Black Cave [Ardwell Bay]

A Cave in the western sea shore of Stoneykirk situate near to Saltpans, it is in the face of a perpendicular [cliff]: the entrance is wide and [the cave] extends in for a considerable distance until stopped by a wall which had been built by some of the farmers who had lived convenient to it. From its dark appearance it gets the name Black Cave. [Scotland's Places]

Notes: Photograph by solwaycoastwise does not seem to match the description from Scotland's Places.

Links and Resources:

Wigtownshire, Sheet 27 (includes: Kirkmaiden; Stoneykirk), Survey date: 1847-8 Publication date: 1850.
6" OS 1909 Sheet 28 Wigtownshire NE 54° 46' 23.5"N, 4° 59' 56.5"W. OS Auto Lat/Long conversion to NGR.
Wigtownshire XXVIII.8 (Stoneykirk), Publication date: 1894 Revised: 1893 to 1894.
Pastmap, OS 10k background mapping.
solwaycoastwise.tumblr.com/post/179623128466/caves-near-ardwell-bay.
Caves & Graves, Scotland's Southern Coast, Solway Firth Partnership, photo taken as part of research, not included in final leaflet.
jimzglebeblog.blogspot.com/2014/08/wigtownshire-ramblers-ardwell-coast-to.html.

This entry was last updated: 2021-10-23 08:21:24

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NGR:	NX 07099 46140
WGS84:	54.77301, -5.00055
Length:	40 m
Vert. Range:	5 m
Altitude:	7 m
Geology:	Gala Unit 5 - Wacke
Tags:	Cave, SeaCave
Registry:	main

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