Hunds Heelor cave 1 (west entrance)

NGR:	HZ 20117 71055
WGS84:	59.52496, -1.64620
Length:	54 m
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	0 m
Geology:	Ward Hill Sandstone Formation - sandstone & dolomitic siltstone
Tags:	Cave, SeaCave
Registry:	main

West entrance of tunnel. Passage runs ~SE and intersects with a passage running ~NE to eastern entrance. Length estimated at ~25 m based on GIS. [Report 1145]

Notes: The 25 m quoted above is clearly inconsistent with the coordinates given in Report 1145, since the two entrances are 40 m apart. If the tunnels run SE and NE then the SE tunnel from this entrance is 35 m long and the NE tunnel to the east entrance is 19 m long. There may be an extension on one or the other as well.

Links and Resources:

This entrance is not indicated on any OS map layer.
Pastmap Aerial shows the headland between Round (North) Reeva and Hunds Hillier with This entrance marked NS58(W) and the tunnels connecting it to NS58(E). For an explanation of the other actual and possible tunnels shown, see Round Reeva Cave (east entrance) which is marked NS20.
Map 10 shows this entrance as NS58(W). p153 of FI Caves (GSG version), an annexe of Report 1145.
Rpt 1145 Harries, D.B., Purcell, A., Moore, C.G., Lyndon A.R., Porter, J.S., Saunders, G.R. and Hume, C.L. 2024. Distribution mapping and baseline monitoring survey of sea caves around Fair Isle. NatureScot Research Report 1145

This entry was last updated: 2026-01-11 17:41:07

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