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South Cullykhan Bay cave 2 South Cullykhan Bay cave 3 South Cullykhan Bay cave 4 South Cullykhan Bay cave 5 The Cleives cave 1 (N entrance) The Cleives cave 2 The Cleives cave 1 (S entrance) Needle's Eye [Cullykhan S entrance] Mill Shore cave 8 Mill Shore cave 7 Mill Shore cave 6 Needle's Eye [N entrance, Cullykhan] Mill Shore cave 5 Needle's Eye [NE entrance, Cullykhan] Mill Shore cave 4 Mill Shore cave 3 Mill Shore cave 2 Arch of Cullykhan (west entrance) Mill Shore cave 1 Arch of Cullykhan (east entrance) Hell's Lum (Lion's Head) [land S entrance] Hell's Lum (Lion's Head) [Sea Entrance] Windy Cave
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west of Pennan, Aberdeenshire (Banffshire).
| NGR: | NJ 83804 66038 |
| WGS84: | 57.68389, -2.27327 |
| Length: | 4.3 m |
| Vert. Range: | 2.2 m |
| Altitude: | 2.5 m |
| Geology: | Gardenstown Conglomerate Formation - conglomerate |
| Tags: | Cave, SeaCave |
| Registry: | main |
A near vertical rift cave facing roughly north. It is 1.0 m wide at the entrance.
The entrance is rather precisely in line with the line of Needle's eye - which runs underneath Cullykhan (the promontary). The rift line of this cave is angled a bit east where it runs through the wave cut platform.
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Access: by land at low tide from the beach of Cullykhan Bay.
Length etc measured 5/9/25 by N Feilden. Altitude is a visual estimate and is ACD.
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This entry was last updated: 2025-09-18 14:39:05
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