| P number: | P001299 |
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| Old photograph number: | D05513 |
| Caption: | Oblique aerial view of Dunbar and Dunbar Harbour, looking from the east-north-east. |
| Description: | The Battery, centre front, is built on a basanite intrusion (a volcanic plug) with hexagonal columnar joints; Dunbar Castle and harbour entrance, on vent agglomerate and basanite intrusion; West Bay, red sandstones while in the top right is a large vent agglomerate crossed by dykes/joints. The volcanic necks (pipes) filled with vent agglomerates are the former underground feeders which fed early Carboniferous (Dinantian) volcanoes. The town is built on flattish ground of glacial and raised beach deposits. The Lower Carboniferous sedimentary and igneous rocks are exposed in cliffs and on the intertidal foreshore. |
| Date taken: | Wed May 01 00:00:00 BST 1996 |
| Photographer: | Bain, T.S. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 367200 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 679000 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 480.84 KB; 996 x 1000 pixels; 84 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 264 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Landscapes |
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