Henry's Scorth West Cave

From the outside, appears quite similar to Henry's Scorth East Cave, but taller and narrower.

There is a narrow window in the E wall of the cave, near the entrance - see photo 3.

Notes: Access: by sea near high tide - because there is a large fallen block in the entrance. It would require very low swell and a high, perhaps springs tide to enter by kayak. At 4/1/21 it is not known to have been entered or measured in any way.

Links and Resources:

www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6591480 West cave is on the left.
Canmore site 318187 Both W and E caves can be seen on one of the 1948 photos.
None of the OS editions show this cave.
Photo 2 looking into the entrance. Notice the large boulder which makes kayak entry difficult.
Photo 3 shows the window in the E wall of the cave. This photo was taken at right angles to Photo 2, looking W - so the entrance to the cave is from the left. Note that this shows a rather typical exposed outside surface of the Whitehouse conglomerate all along Fowlsheugh - lots of sockets from which rounded stones have fallen. Compare with inside surfaces - for instance in Henry's Scorth East Cave - which tend not to have such sockets, and where, in places, the matrix is worn less than the stones. Thus an example of conglomerate surfaces smoothed by wave + loose pebble erosion

This entry was last updated: 2021-01-04 17:13:21

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NGR:	NO 88030 80293
WGS84:	56.91380, -2.19821
Length:	20 m
Vert. Range:	35 m
Altitude:	-1 m
Geology:	Whitehouse Conglomerate Formation
Tags:	SeaCave, SSSI
Registry:	main

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