Heads of Peitron Cave 6

Sea cave at the base of a steep cliff on the south side of a promontory on the NE corner of Heads of Peitron. It faces roughly south.

Notes: There may be another cave on the N side of the promontory - marked 'cave ?' on the Bing Aerial below. If so, the tunnels may join.

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OS has a cave dot here on the 1 in map layer.
Photo 1 shows a number of cave entrances. This one faces the camera and is on the right; at the corner where a promontory meets the set back cliff line. Ian Fulton, 16/9/2013.
Photo 2 shows some of the cave entrances in the Heads of Peitron. This one is marked GSG40, but the entrance is masked from this camera position. Note that 'Geo of Peitron' is the whole inlet from GSG 40 to what is marked 'Geo of Peitron'. p197 of FI Caves (GSG version) an annexe of Report 1145.
Bing Aerial showing the NE half of Heads of Peitron. This entrance is marked GSG40. There may be another cave on the N side of the promontory - marked 'cave ?'.
Map 18 shows this entrance marked GSG40. p 195 of FI caves (GSG version) an annexe of Report 1145.
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.

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NGR:	HZ 22186 73289
WGS84:	59.54491, -1.60940
Length:	10 m
Vert. Range:	10 m
Altitude:	0 m
Geology:	Ward Hill Sandstone Formation - sandstone & dolomitic siltstone
Tags:	Cave, SeaCave
Registry:	main