
Mother Carey's Kitchen is a climbers name for these cliffs .Whitesheet Rock is on the right.
Mother Carey is a supernatural figure representing the sea.
A corruption of Mater Cara , the mother of Christ .
Mother Carey's Chickens is an alternative , sailors name for the seabird - storm petrels.
The birds were sometimes thought to be the souls of perished sailors.
Ref: 7499
Date: 28/08/2010
Location: SS 08988 97517