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Starling Cave (cave E of) Starling Cave (NE entrance) Starling Cave (SE entrance) Starling Cave (NW entrance) Starling Cave (NW2 entrance) Nettle Cave 4 Nettle Cave 3 Starling Cave (SW entrance) Nettle Cave 2 Nettle Cave 1 Foul Hole (W entrance) Foul Hole (E entrance) Horse Head Arch West Priest's Craig Cave Partanslough Cave SW Tronach Cave Tronach Cave Tiny Tronach Cave Cave of Sparkles Tronach Head South (cave 3) Tronach Head South (cave 2) Tronach Head South (cave 1) Tronach Head West (cave)
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E of Findochty, Moray (Banffshire).
NGR: | NJ 47326 68312 |
WGS84: | 57.70152, -2.88544 |
Length: | 21 m |
Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
Altitude: | 2 m |
Geology: | Cullen Quartzite Formation - quartzite, psammite & semipelite |
Tags: | Cave, Tunnel, SeaCave |
Registry: | main |
An upper intertidal tunnel facing SSE-NNW through a small, triangular section craig, named The Kiln, set a short distance from the landward cliff. S entrance NJ 47326 68291. The sightline through the tunnel is N-S because the S entrance is raised and the layers of quartzite lean 40 degrees or so westward.
Alternate Names: None recorded.
Notes: Access: by sea near high tide
by land from Findochty east beach near low tide, and round or through Starling Cave.
Length calculated from NGRs. Alt is ACD.
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