South of Cristal Kame cave 2

Image from clifftop shows two cave entrances. Both are large. NS29 is mostly obscured by clifftop in the foreground. Passage reportedly trends ~NW and intersects with a passage running SW to NE. The NE branch may connect to NS28. [Report 1145]

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Not indicated on any OS map layer.
Map 17 has this entrance marked NS29. p186 of FI Caves (GSG version) an annexe of Report 1145.
Photo 1 taken from a plane looking west and showing the east facing cliffs of Skroo and Nizz. This entrance is marked NS29. Original Geograph 1999113 by Mike Pennington taken 27/5/22.
Photo 2 shows this entrance a bit obliquely, marked NS29. p191 of FI Caves (GSG version) an annexe of Report 1145.
Photo 3 an oblique aerial view, looking west. Sunlight illuminates this geo, but not this entrance. By John Lucas. 28/5/18.
Bing Aerial giving a view from directly above. This cave marked NS29.
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: 2026-01-27 17:18:53

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NGR:	HZ 22265 73993
WGS84:	59.55123, -1.60793
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	1 m
Geology:	Ward Hill Sandstone Formation - sandstone & dolomitic siltstone
Tags:	Cave, SeaCave
Registry:	main

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