Slei Heelor Cave

NGR:	HZ 19542 70600
WGS84:	59.52090, -1.65640
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	0 m
Geology:	Ward Hill Sandstone Formation - sandstone & dolomitic siltstone
Tags:	Cave, SeaCave
Registry:	main

From photo 1, this appears to be a missing layer (follows the bedding) cave, and faces about SW. The bedding leans about 20 degrees NW.

Reported location of cave. No further information. Entrance unconfirmed. [Report 1145]

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Indicated as 'cave' on several current OS map layers, but a bit displaced from the location obtained from Pastmap Aerial.
Photo 1 shows this cave entrance in the centre of this oblique aerial view, in the inlet named Slei (or Stei or Slay) Heelor (or Hillier).
Map 9 from p149 of FI Caves (GSG version), annexe to Report 1145. This cave is GSG15 - in Slei Heelor (geo).
Pastmap Aerial of Malcolm's Head has this cave entrance indicated by GSG15.
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: 2026-01-02 20:06:25

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