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Note
Date 21 June 2019
Event ID 1100651
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1100651
This cave, which is the easternmost of the two caves noted at NT 6284 2469 by the Ordnance Survey in February 1967, has been cut into the sandstone cliff that forms the steep right (southern) bank of the Ale Water at Ancrum. Its entrance, which was largely obscured by vegetation and stood 7.4m above the level of the water in the river on the date of visit, measures about 1.6m in width by 2.1m in height. The square-cut interior stretches back a distance of 2.3m on the west side and 1.4m on the east side below a partially intact roof that decreases in height towards the rear.
Visited by HES Survey and Recording (GLB, LAD) 29 Jan 2018.
