| P number: | P000600 |
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| Old photograph number: | D01500 |
| Caption: | The Nev, north-west coast of Aikerness peninsula, Westray. Orkney. A high-level storm beach with large blocks of Rousay Flags torn from the cliff top and piled up in a crescentic ridge during the heavy storms that frequent the Orkney Islands. |
| Description: | The Nev, north-west coast of Aikerness peninsula, Westray. Orkney. A high-level storm beach with large blocks of Rousay Flags torn from the cliff top and piled up in a crescentic ridge during the heavy storms that frequent the Orkney Islands. The storm beach, a continuous mound of angular blocks of flagstones up to 10 feet across and one foot in thickness is situated at the top of a vertical cliff 40 to 50 feet high. It is a quarter of a mile long, 100 feet wide and 15 feet high and can be as far as 200 feet from the cliff edge. |
| Date taken: | Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1975 |
| Photographer: | Christie, A. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 344600 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 1052400 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 351.04 KB; 1001 x 781 pixels; 85 x 66 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 207 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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