Easter Loder Natural Arch - Scottish Cave and Mine Database Site Details

Map with: Google Map, or OS Explorer Map from Streetmap.co.uk

NGR:	HZ 21568 74020
WGS84:	59.55151, -1.62025
Length:	6 m
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	10 m
Geology:	Ward Hill Sandstone Formation - dolomitic argillaceous rock
Tags:	Arch
Registry:	main

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OS has 'natural arch' and two dots. According to the photos it is (now ?) much shorter than indicated on OS.
Photo 1 shows this looking NW.
Photo 2 2023 version of photo 1.
Map 16 shows this entrance as GSG26. p184 of FI Caves (GSG version) an annexe of Report 1145.
Rpt 1145 Harries, D.B., Purcell, A., Moore, C.G., Lyndon A.R., Porter, J.S., Saunders, G.R. and Hume, C.L. 2024. Distribution mapping and baseline monitoring survey of sea caves around Fair Isle. NatureScot Research Report 1145.

This entry was last updated: 2026-01-24 14:42:22

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