*cave (Back Doo Thirl 2)

An upper intertidal rift cave facing 100 deg (E by S) which drips near the triangular entrance. It narrows at 30m to about 0.7m where a pile of flotsam has collected - coiled rope, branches, a car wheel with its tyre, and an extremely worn rear tractor tyre of 50's vintage. The rift can be followed another 6m once over this and it then narrows further for the last 4m.

Notes: Access: by land from Strathlethan Bay beach in the bottom third of the tide.

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1st Edition OS 25 in/mile shows caves 1, 2 & 3, with outlines, but not 2A, 2B or 4.
Photo 1 shows part of the cliff named 'Back Doo Thirl' with caves 2, 2B and 3.
Photo 2 shows a shorter part of the cliff. Cave 2 entrance is in the middle and cave 1 is further left. The entrance to cave 2B is not visible from this angle. Taken near high water from about NO 88088 85021 on 6 Mar 20.
Photo 3 Cave 2 entrance near high water. The entrance to Cave 2A is low on the left. It was not at all obvious how long Cave 2 would turn out to be.
Photo 4 looking out of the entrance from 22m inside.
Photo 5 from 22m in, looking towards the choke point at 30m.
Photo 6 looking back from the far side of the choke point. The spotlight is on the old, worn, rear tractor tyre.
Photo 7 looking inward from the same place as photo 6 at flotsam. The rift has a further 4.4m beyond the rock hanging down from upper middle right.

This entry was last updated: 2021-05-03 17:14:16

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NGR:	NO 88037 85031
WGS84:	56.95637, -2.19832
Length:	40 m
Vert. Range:	13.6 m
Altitude:	3 m
Geology:	Dunnottar Conglomerate
Tags:	Cave, SeaCave
Registry:	main

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