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Carlin Bed (Cave of)

Port Logan, Cairnywellan Head, Wigtownshire.

A cave at or near high water mark situate about 5 chains south of Carlin bed from which it takes its name. It extends about 40 feet eastward and about 10 feet high.

On the west side of Muldaddie Hill. [Scotland's Places]

Trace fossils are surprisingly rare in the Rhinns and have been found at only three localities. Two of these were in the Port Logan Formation at Scrangie (NX09114017) and 80 m S of the Cave of Carlin Bed (NX09173974). Both consisted of the ichnogenus Gordia. The former specimen waspreserved as a positive epirelief on the mudstone top of a sandy turbidite while the latter was a negative epirelief on the top of a siltstone bed. Both specimens were smooth, unbranched, curved irregularly and had diameters of 1-2 mm (Scrangie specimen) and 2-3 mm (Cave of Carlin Bed specimen). [John McCurry]

A short 40 m fault bounded tract of neutrally-verging folds occurs 100 m SE of the Cave of Carlin Bed (NX09143967). [John McCurry]

Alternative Names: Cove of Carlin Bed, Cave of Carlin Bed

Notes: Length estimated from OS map.

Cove and cave used interchangeably. Carlin signifies an old woman or a witch.

Hydrographic Feeds: Irish Sea

Hydrographic Resurgences: Irish Sea