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Rotten's Cave

Portknockie harbour, Moray, (Banffshire).

"Near the cave of the Port Hill is a curious small cave called the Rotten's Cave" (K'nocker)

An upper intertidal cave in the N side of Port Hill.

It is unusual in that, unlike most other caves to its E, (Bow Fiddle, Langet, Dovat, Whale's Mou), the E wall is about vertical, ceiling horizontal and only the W wall is sloped with the prevailing dip. This is because the cave is formed on a vertical fault/crack running 050. A gutter-like narrow bottomed channel follows this track from the wave cut platform outside, going inside until covered by the boulder beach.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: "A boy fell from the top of it in 1850, was fearfully mangled but escaped with his life." (K'nocker)

Access: By land from SE side of harbour, climb round W end of Port Hill.

By sea: landable near HW on beach just to W of entrance.