Men would use flights of wooden ladders to climb down the sheer rock face to the left of a small "box cave" that had been tunnelled at the foot of the cliff.
[2] The youth hostel building is associated with nearby Lambshouse Quarry where it served as offices, powerhouse and smithy.
[3] The quarries on this stretch of coast possibly date back to the 17th century[4] and Long Grass remained operational until 1937.
On 20 December 1893, Hambly led a party of four men in the rescue of eleven crew from the Italian barque, Iota.
Despite strong gusts of wind and hail, he secured ropes to seven of Iota's crew who were then brought to the mainland by breeches buoy.