NARRATIVE
ON PRINT - The
Cove Haven is a favourite resort of the people
of Arbroath. It derives its name from the
cavern now and for long called the Masons'
Cave. This cavern, about the most accessible
of all the Arbroath caves, is 231 feet long,
and from 12 to 14 feet wide. The Cove Haven
was in the olden time the site of a fishing
village, of which there is now no trace. There
are some remains, however, of a much older
constructiona small fort above the cave,
and about a hundred feet above the level of
the sea.
Between Cove Haven and Carlinheugh Head, a
bold headland towards the north, stretches
the broad bay of Carlinheugh, with its fine
shingly beach, and into which the brook running
through Seaton Den empties itself. In Carlinheugh
Head are situated the Dark Cave, the Light
Cave, and the Forbidden Cave. The 'floors'
are the ridges of rock shown in the picture
at ebb tide. (Notes by George Hay, 1883)
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