| P number: | P001086 |
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| Old photograph number: | D03613 |
| Caption: | Pentland Hills volcanic rocks. Photograph taken from Swanston Road. Looking west-north-west. The hills are made up of Lower Old Red Sandstone lavas and sediments with a core of Silurian rocks. |
| Description: | Pentland Hills volcanic rocks. Photograph taken from Swanston Road. Looking west-north-west. The hills are made up of Lower Old Red Sandstone lavas and sediments with a core of Silurian rocks. Hills of andesite and basalt lavas are Allermuir Hill (left), White Hill (wooded) and Torphin Hill (right). The foreground is till-covered volcanic rocks. Till is a collective term for sediments laid down by glacial action without the intervention of water. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1984 |
| 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: | 324000 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 668000 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 249.14 KB; 1000 x 787 pixels; 85 x 67 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 208 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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