Eyemouth [Catterline]

"A natural tunnel formed by the action of the Waves, through which the Sea enters into Eyemouth Creek." (1)

This tunnel goes through, what in plan looks like the bottom bar of an 'L' shaped cliff, into a basin about 60m square. The tunnel is 14 m wide at the sea entrance. The intertidal basin - Eyemouth Creek - has cliff on 3 sides and wave cut platform to the east. It looks as if it might be the remains of a collapsed cavern.

The deeper chanel outside follows beside the south side of the cliff - rather than going straight out in line with the tunnel.

Notes: Access: by sea from Catterline harbour - best in top half of tide and moderate, or less SE quadrant swell.

Visible by land a) going along the shore from Catterline harbour or b) from the cliffs immediately N. Also c) from Todhead.

Links and Resources:

(1) Kincardineshire namebook for Kinneff & Catterline, vol 13, p29
Photo 1 shows the sea entrance in context. Taken 2/7/19.
Photo 2 the sea entrance from closer, guillemots swimming, and the cliff on the north side partly visible. 2/7/19.
Photo 3 just inside the 'creek'. The overhang on the left is consistent with this being a collapsed sea cave. 2/7/19.
Photo 4 looking NE from just inside the north end of the arch/tunnel. If this is a collapsed sea cave, then the east side wall/cliff has been eroded down to being 'wave-cut platform'. 2/7/19.
Photo 5 looking through the tunnel/arch slightly off axis - about SSE - on 2/7/19.
Canmore aerial giving an idea of how large the cavern may have been. Compare Gaylet Pot - see below.
Gaylet Pot site has a similar aerial showing that its cavern may have been 42 m in diameter.

This entry was last updated: 2025-10-17 12:15:56

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NGR:	NO 87624 78766
WGS84:	56.90008, -2.20480
Length:	31 m
Vert. Range:	12.5 m
Altitude:	-3 m
Geology:	Catterline Conglomerate Formation
Tags:	Cave, Arch, SeaCave
Registry:	main

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