Field Visit
Date 9 May 2015
Event ID 1007282
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1007282
ShoreUPDATE
As described. The northwest corner of the promontory has sheared off in the past, exposing drystone structures and midden deposits in sections on both sides of the collapse. This appears to have been a geological collapse, although probably exacerbated by erosion at the cliff base. Only a tiny fraction of this monument is impacted, and the nature of the erosion is sudden, dramatic high, hard cliff failure along bedding planes and fault lines.
Visited by Scotland's Coastal Heritage at Risk (SCHARP) 9 May 2015
