Hunds Heelor cave 2 (west entrance)

Hunds Heelor, Fair Isle, Shetland.

NGR:	HZ 20163 71046
WGS84:	59.52487, -1.64539
Length:	50 m
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	0 m
Geology:	Ward Hill Sandstone Formation - sandstone & dolomitic siltstone
Tags:	Cave, SeaCave
Registry:	main

West entrance of tunnel. Passage runs ~SE and intersects with a passage running ~NE to eastern entrance. Length estimated at ~50 m based on GIS. [Report 1145]

Alternative Names: NS59(W)

Links and Resources:

The current OS has 'cave' about 20 m north of this location - but no indication of any tunnel.
The OS Namebook for Shetland, volume 69, Fairisle p47 has: Hunds Hillier (or Hunch Hillyar) - A small creek at the north end of Reeva and a little over ⅛ mile north west of Stackhool.
Pastmap Aerial marked up to show this entrance, marked NS59(W) and the tunnels going through the promontory to the east entrance marked NS59(E).
Map 10 shows this entrance as NS59(W). p153 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

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