Skervalie tunnel/Natural Arch (North entrance)

Skervalie, Bu Ness, Fair Isle, Shetland.

NGR:	HZ 22745 72498
WGS84:	59.53778, -1.59960
Length:	53 m
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	Not recorded
Geology:	Bu Ness sandstone Formation - sandstone
Tags:	Other
Registry:	main

North-east entrance to Skervalie Natural Arch. This may be supratidal.

See S entrance photo 1 which shows light from this entrance.

Alternative Names: Scarv Lee natural arch, CI68

Notes: Report 1145 has no photo of this entrance, just a location.

Links and Resources:

1st Ed OS 6 in has 'Scarv Lee' (see OS Namebook below) and 'Natural Arch'. Current OS has plural arches and indicates a tunnel right through the promontory. But the direction shown - which from aerial must clearly be SW/NE - is more SSW/NNE and the north end is Report 1145 site NS03.
OS Namebook] for Shetland, vol 11, Dunrossness, has 'Scarv Lee' : A small rocky promontory on the east side of Boness, immediately N. [North of Slaagarr.
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 1145.

This entry was last updated: 2025-04-09 09:36:20

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