| P number: | P000647 |
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| Old photograph number: | D01700 |
| Caption: | A close-up of the Sgurr of Eigg, Isle of Eigg. Inverness-shire. The eastern end of the pitchstone ridge of the Sgurr showing a sheet of Eocene age columnar-jointed pitchstone resting unconformably on Palaeogene (Tertiary) lavas. |
| Description: | A close-up of the Sgurr of Eigg, Isle of Eigg. Inverness-shire. The eastern end of the pitchstone ridge of the Sgurr showing a sheet of Eocene age columnar-jointed pitchstone resting unconformably on Palaeogene (Tertiary) lavas. The columns in the lower part of the pitchstone are massive and perpendicular to the valley sides and reaching one metre is diameter. A sheet of pale felsite can be seen intruded into the pitchstone and with a characteristic overhang of pitchstone at its upper edges. |
| Date taken: | Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1974 |
| Photographer: | Pulsford, J.M. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 145500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 784700 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 367.34 KB; 991 x 1001 pixels; 84 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 262 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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