The Cleives cave 1 (S entrance)

The S tunnel goes roughly S from the S entrance and then turns right to ca SSW and has an estimated length of 10m. There is a small deposit of flowstone on the south wall.

The middle tunnel starts 250 (W by S) for 11.6 m. The tunnel turns left to 186 (S by ½ W) for a further 10 m.

A low N tunnel goes from 11.6 m in 348 (N by W) for at least 14 m, probably 21 m if the N entrance location is correct. Indirect light could be seen at the N end on 14/8/25. The current S & N entrance locations agree with the hbc measured bearing along the N tunnel.

Notes: Access: by sea from Mill Shore, W from Pennan or E from Gardenstown or Crovie. Enterable by kayak at about 3.3 m ACD tide level.

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Not indicated as a cave on any OS map layer.
Photo 1 shows this partly obscured entrance on the left. Taken 14/8/25.
Photo 2 entrance with tide level at 2.6 m ACD. The taller rift on the right leads into the middle and north tunnels. The south tunnel starts on the left. Taken 14/5/19.
Photo 3 similar to photo 2, but at 3.3 m tide level on 14/8/25 when it was possible to go into both tunnels by kayak.
Photo 4 looking into the middle tunnel on 11/10/19 at 3.4 m tide level.
Photo 4a a zoomed version of photo 4 in which you can just see the wall behind the small pebble beach.
Photo 5 about 11 m inside the middle tunnel, looking left (S, 186).
Photo 6 looking right (N) from the same place at the entrance to the north tunnel. The camera is not quite low enough to see much light from the far end.
Photo 7 also looking along the north tunnel from the same place as photo 6, but held low enough to see the light from the the N entrance.
Photo 8 looking left from the S entrance into the S tunnel.
Photo 9 inside the S tunnel, after turning right to face about SSW. Note the patch of flowstone on the left (E) wall.
Photo 10 looking a bit left from photo 9 at the undercutting of the wall.

This entry was last updated: 2025-08-21 08:00:31

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NGR:	NJ 83893 66010
WGS84:	57.68365, -2.27177
Length:	53 m
Vert. Range:	5.5 m
Altitude:	2.3 m
Geology:	Gardenstown Conglomerate Formation - conglomerate
Tags:	Cave, SeaCave
Registry:	main

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