Dunnicaer

Strathlethan Bay, Bowduns, S of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, (Kincardineshire).

NGR:	NO 88230 84650
WGS84:	56.95295, -2.19513
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	Not recorded
Geology:	Dunnottar Conglomerate
Tags:	Arch, Archaeo
Registry:	second

A 55m long sea-stack, narrow, with vertical sides at the SW end and widening to 16m at the NE end. It has a number of holes through it, some starting at sea level, others higher up - which justify the Natural Arches description on the map.

It is evidently a lot thinner than it was in Pictish times, when it was probably fortified. See Canmore reference.

Links and Resources:

canmore.org.uk/site/37001/dunnicaer
Video by archeologists of Aberdeen University, showing what might have been seen by a drone 1500 or so years ago.
online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/smrpub/master/detail.aspx?tab=main&refno=NO88SE0001
Photo 1 vertical rifts through the narrow part of Dunnicaer, looking SE.
Photo 2 a vertical rift that goes down to HW level, but is too narrow to paddle through. There is also a roundish hole on the right, fairly well up - easier to see on photo 3 from the other side.
Photo 3 the rift and hole of photo 2 from the other side - looking NW.

This entry was last updated: 2021-02-19 12:52:38

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