Glentana
16 caves in this area
The coastal settlement of Glentana is well known for it long, white sandy beaches, but a little further along the coast towards a place called Cape Windlass is an area where many small sea caves occur. There are also a few very small caves on the walk from Glentana to Cape Windlass.
Glentana to Cape Windlass
If walk eastwards along the beach from Glentana you eventually run out of beach and the coast line becomes more rocky. On this section, near the old ship wreck are three small horizontal caves: Jessica's cave, Helm Hole and Stephan's Cave.
Cape Windlass West
In the bay just to the west of Cape Windlass is the main concentration of caves. The largest of these is Ghwano Cave. It is well named as there was a large colony of Egyptian fruit bats when we visited and a substantial deposit of guano. All of these caves are cracks in the parent quartzite that have been erosed by sea action.
Cape Windlass East
In the bay to the east of Cape Windlass are some more caves. It appears that the erosion took place at times as some of the caves have an upper and lower level. Access to the eastern side of the headland requires a hike over the top as there is no easy way around at sealevel.
