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P number: P000666
Old photograph number: D01763
Caption: The Rock and Spindle sea stack, part of the Kinkell Ness neck, 3 km. east of St. Andrews. Fifeshire. The circular 'Spindle' is formed of xenolithic, columnar basanite and the stack behind it (the 'Rock') is formed of basanitic breccia.
Description: The Rock and Spindle sea stack, part of the Kinkell Ness neck, 3 km. east of St. Andrews. Fifeshire. The circular 'Spindle' is formed of xenolithic, columnar basanite and the stack behind it (the 'Rock') is formed of basanitic breccia. The basanite sea stack is situated in the softer tuffs of the late Carboniferous or early Permian Kinkell Ness volcanic vent, one of many in the area. Similar clusters of vents occur throughout the Midland Valley of Scotland.
Date taken: Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1975
Photographer: Smith, I.
Copyright statement: NERC
Acknowledgment: This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network
X longitude/easting: 353900
Y latitude/northing: 715500
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid)
Orientation: Portrait
Size: 263.19 KB; 776 x 1000 pixels; 66 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 205 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI);
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