| P number: | P000489 |
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| Old photograph number: | C02088 |
| Caption: | East and west Craiglockhart Hills from the Braid Hills, Edinburgh. Midlothian. View looking westwards to the volcanic platform of Craiglockhart. A farm, cottage and hayricks are seen in the foreground. |
| Description: | East and west Craiglockhart Hills from the Braid Hills, Edinburgh. Midlothian. View looking westwards to the volcanic platform of Craiglockhart. A farm, cottage and hayricks are seen in the foreground. The Braid Hills are Devonian trachyte lavas while in the distance, the Craiglockhart Volcanic Rocks are at or very close to the base of the Carboniferous Cementstone Group. The rocks, unique to the Craiglockhart area, are 100 ft. thickness of well-bedded, fine-grained tuffs with an overlying 100 ft. of basalt lava. |
| Date taken: | Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1913 |
| Photographer: | Lunn, R. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 323500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 670500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 201.37 KB; 1000 x 729 pixels; 85 x 62 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 193 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Images from the archives |
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