A cave entrance seen from below about one third of the way up the sheer cliffs on the west side of the inlet. The area in front of the cave is steeply sloping soil, very overgrown and vegetated. This is at roughly the same height as Wet Weather cave on the east of Smoo cave, from which Neolithic material has been recovered. A small flake of Quartz was recovered from slumped soil about 2m above the beach in front of the cave.
Possibly Antler Cave?
Location
241838.00
967291.00
27700
58.5647964
-4.7207966
Submitted photographs
Image
Date
Caption
User
30/08/2014
Antler Cave to show location in cliff edge
training1
30/08/2014
Antler Cave showing midden
training1
30/08/2014
Antler Cave, right of photo, Glass Knappers Cave, left of photo
training1
Submitted updates
Update id
Date
User
1741
30/08/2014
training1
Tidal state
Mid
Site located?
Yes
Proximity to coast edge
Coast edge
Coastally eroding?
not eroding
Visibility above ground
Not visible
Visibility in section
Clearly visible in section
Access
accessible on foot (footpath)
Local knowledge
is well known
Description
A cave entrance seen from below about one third of the way up the sheer cliffs on the west side of the inlet. The area in front of the cave is steeply sloping soil, very overgrown and vegetated. This is at roughly the same height as wet weather cave on the east of smoo cave, from which Neolithic material has been recovered. A small flake of Quartz was recovered from slumped soil about 2m above the beach in front of the cave.
This is probably Antler Cave as recorded in Pollard 1995.
None. This s of research interest with the other caves in the Smoo Inlet, but not vulnerable to coastal processes