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Gaylet Pot West Cave [2]

Arbroath, Auchmithie, Gaylet Pot, Angus.

NGR:NO 67788 43172
WGS84:56.57937, -2.52595
Length:25 m
Vert. Range:15 m
Altitude:0 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 cave with a rounded dumbell entrance shape. It is 3.7 m wide at sea level. Inside it runs about 20 m navigably, which then continues as a narrow intertidal rift sloping R (E). Near the ceiling, the L side of the rift goes vertical leaving an apex down triangular c/s tunnel of uncertain extent. Faces S by E.

Alternate Names: None recorded.

Notes: Access: by sea with the tide fairly high.

Length is a visual estimate. Other dimensions measured by N Feilden on 19 July 23.

Alt is ACD.

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This entry was last updated: 2023-07-20 18:49:07

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