North Restensgeo Cave

NGR:	HZ 22087 73133
WGS84:	59.54352, -1.61116
Length:	10 m
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	0 m
Geology:	Ward Hill Sandstone Formation - sandstone & dolomitic siltstone
Tags:	Cave, SeaCave
Registry:	main

Sea cave at the base of a steep cliff on the north side of North Restensgeo. Faces S by E according to photo 1.

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There is an OS cave dot in this location.
Photo 1 looking out of a cave entrance, probably this one. Geograph taken August 1986 by Mike Pennington. Above NGR is fairly consistent with his HZ 220 731. No direction given, but the lower ground in the distance is consistent with somewhere near HZ 222 727.
Map 18 shows this entrance marked GSG42. p 195 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 114

This entry was last updated: 2026-02-01 14:29:44

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