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Gaylet Pot West Cave [1]

Arbroath, Auchmithie, Gaylet Pot, Angus.

NGR:NO 67822 43175
WGS84:56.57940, -2.52540
Length:20 m
Vert. Range:14.6 m
Altitude:0.8 m
Geology:Scone Sandstone Formation
Tags:Cave, SeaCave
Registry:main

Sea cave at the foot of cliffs south-west of Gaylet Pot near Auchmithie.

A fully intertidal rift cave facing SSW, with a roughly rectangular entrance which leans about 38 deg R (E). Inside, the navigable part ends in a vertical wall and the cave is extended on the right as a narrow rift supratidally.

The entrance is 4.6 m wide at HW level.

Alternate Names: None recorded.

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This entry was last updated: 2023-07-20 20:41:58

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