P number: | P000421 |
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Old photograph number: | C01518 |
Caption: | Needle's Eye', Gilla Head Bay, 0.8 km. east of Macduff. Banffshire. Natural arch in blue quartzites and flags of the Macduff Slate Formation, Southern Highland Group of the Dalradian Supergroup. (Previously known as the Highland Metamorphic Series.) |
Description: | Needle's Eye', Gilla Head Bay, 0.8 km. east of Macduff. Banffshire. Natural arch in blue quartzites and flags of the Macduff Slate Formation, Southern Highland Group of the Dalradian Supergroup. (Previously known as the Highland Metamorphic Series.) The natural arch formed when two caves on opposite sides of the headland joined. Eventually, the arch will collapse leaving the seaward portion as an isolated stack. |
Date taken: | Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1910 |
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: | 371500 |
Y latitude/northing: | 864500 |
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
Orientation: | Landscape |
Size: | 212.04 KB; 1000 x 734 pixels; 85 x 62 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 194 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Images from the archives |
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