| P number: | P000708 |
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| Old photograph number: | D02019 |
| Caption: | Oblique aerial view of the island of Ailsa Craig. Looking north-east. |
| Description: | The dyke is one of a swarm of dykes on the island. They are predominantly olivine-dolerite with basaltic contacts with the host rock. The microgranite itself comes in two varieties, a drusy black speckled microgranite and the lighter leucomicrogranite. The junction of the two is thought to be gradual. For the last century the island has variously been used as a base for fishing, for grazing goats, rearing pigs, harvesting sea birds and their eggs, the sale of rabbits and the export of curling stones. In the centre is Stranney Point while the prominent nick to the right is 'Rotten Nick' a prominent slack denuded along a vertical dolerite dyke and pseudo-columnar microgranite cliffs. |
| Date taken: | Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1976 |
| 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: | 202500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 600500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 238.69 KB; 1000 x 997 pixels; 85 x 84 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 264 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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