Map with: Google Map, or OS Explorer Map from Streetmap.co.uk

Other Sites Within 500m

CV2  CV1  CV2-E2  CV3  Covesea [Overview]  CV4  DM-E3  DM-E2  Lindsay's Cave  Fern Cave  CV5  Double Mouthed Cave [W entrance]  DMW  Corner Cave [NE entrance]  Corner Cave [NW entrance]  Corner Cave [SW entrance]  Gow's Castle 

 Go to the Main Scottish Cave and Mine Database Search Page

CV2-E1

W of Covesea Village, Lossiemouth, Moray, (Elginshire).

NGR:NJ 18549 70979
WGS84:57.72117, -3.36904
Length:6.9 m
Vert. Range:2.9 m
Altitude:3.5 m
Geology:Hopeman Sandstone Formation
Tags:Cave, SeaCave
Registry:main

A small, upper intertidal seacave with a half round plan, facing N. It has a small apse on the slightly right of centre joint line. It is 8.0 m wide.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Access: In bottom half of tide, either W from Covesea village, or E from the old Coastguard lookout to a point near NJ 18513 70919 where the path goes W for 170 m or so to a lower path, from which you can go either way, but in this case E to the end of the beach, through CV2 and a bit further E.

Links and Resources:

This entry was last updated: 2022-04-12 19:55:56

Errors or omissions in this information? Submit corrections/additions/comments for this entry to the registrars.

All database content Copyright 2026 Grampian Speleological Group.
Web Registry software by Matt Voysey.