Northern Ireland Outdoors Forum - Hiking, camping and more
General => Meets, places, trips and reviews => Topic started by: mark malarkie on August 19, 2014
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Terrific resource Andy, thanks!
Any chance of a OS grid ref or pointer on where access to the cave is...we're around N. Coast for a while & hope to check out access & return when the tides low...
~Mark
The caves along the antrim coast are well worth a visit. I'm not sure how pleasant they would be to sleep out in though. Cathedral Cave at the White Rocks would be a good one.
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Cathedral Cave is a little tricky as you need a low tide and ideally a low spring tide to give you a bit more safety margin. You also need a low sea swell to reduce the risk as you traverse the headland.
1. If coming from Portrush, you will pass the old quarry working on the right hand side. Go around the next bend in the road and park up on the large footpath area on the left.
2. Walk back down the road, passing the obvious Priest's Hole until you get to the hole in the wall with a little memorial plaque on the other side.
3. Walk down a vague path and traverse right until you are at the top of a steep grassy gully. Descend this carefully, especially in wet weather.
4. At the bottom, continue down into the cove. Be wary of slippy boulders down here. An accident down here would result in a helicopter rescue so be very carefuil.
5. Traverse right (eastwards) around the headland on the wave washed platforms until Cathedral Cave comes into view.
6. Always leave the cave no later than low tide (and double and triple check your tide times making allowances for DST).
(http://www.andymcinroy.com/images/ir324.jpg)
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That looks brilliant, must add it to the NI wandering bucket list.
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thnx...had a look at access y'day...hoping gully is dry enough 2day...
Walk down a vague path and traverse right until you are at the top of a steep grassy gully. Descend this carefully, especially in wet weather.