Turntrough Cove N

An intertidal single rift seacave with a pebble beach. It faces south south east and curves round inside to the right (N) by about 22 deg (to N/S).

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OS Namebook for Kinneff & Catterline, Kincardineshire, p28 Turntrough Coves: Two large caves in the cliff situated a few chains South of Crawton Bay.
OS 1st Ed 25in map shows an outline for this cave which is fairly accurate for shape and length.
Photo 1 This cave is on the right.
Photo 2 shows the entrance, near HW, on 2 July 19. Note the reverse 'S' shaped rift line from the RH side, up the cliff.
Photo 3 looking out, near LW on 4 Nov 20, from about half way up the storm beach. Note how the water line is angled, rather than at right angles to the cave tunnel.
Photo 4 from the same spot as photo 3, looking inward, past the storm beach ridge, to the end.
Photo 5 - the end of the cave, floodlit, showing flowstone sheets.
Photo 6 looking half right from photo 5 at the flowstone sheets. Note how the lower sheets are an ivory colour where the shade is more (curve to R) compared to green further up.
Photo 7 looking left from photo 5 - more greened over flowstone.
Photo 8 fairly close up to the N side of the entrance. This shows how softer cobbles have been ground flat or slightly concave by wave plus pebble erosion/milling, but harder ones have not. Towards the top, the surface has been colonised by the olive green lichen verrucaria mucosa - where the scouring is less severe. In the scour zone, things like barnacles and small anemones can only hold on in the cracks, not on smooth surfaces.

This entry was last updated: 2021-08-09 18:17:49

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NGR:	NO 87607 79208
WGS84:	56.90405, -2.20510
Length:	34.1 m
Vert. Range:	4.7 m
Altitude:	0 m
Geology:	Catterline Conglomerate Formation
Tags:	Cave, SeaCave
Registry:	main