| P number: | P001318 |
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| Old photograph number: | D05533 |
| Caption: | Oblique aerial view of Edinburgh Castle Rock and the Arthur's Seat volcano, looking from the north-west. |
| Description: | Glaciation from the west has left the crag-and-tail feature formed by the hard crag of the Castle Rock and the tail of the Royal Mile stretching eastwards. Princes Street Gardens, below the Castle, are on the bed of the Nor Loch. The remnants of another Lower Carboniferous volcano form Queen's Park in the left distance: the Arthur's Seat summit is formed of agglomerate and intrusions filling the volcanic vents; the ridges of Whinny Hill to the left (north) are the remains of the lava flows. The sharp Salisbury Craigs in front are formed of a slightly younger teschenite (dolerite) sill. In the foreground, the crescents and terraces of the Edinburgh New Town houses built of grey and brown Carboniferous sandstone, and lying on ridges of glacial till. In right middle, Edinburgh Castle sits on dolerite plugging a Lower Carboniferous volcanic vent intruded into softer sedimentary rocks. |
| 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: | 324300 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 674000 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 469.05 KB; 995 x 1001 pixels; 84 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 263 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Landscapes |
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