| P number: | P001319 |
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| Old photograph number: | D05534 |
| Caption: | Oblique aerial view of Edinburgh Castle Rock and the Tollcross area, looking from west-south-west. |
| Description: | Princes Street Gardens, below the Castle, are on the bed of the Nor Loch. The built-up centre of Edinburgh lies on ridges and mounds of glacial till. 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. The variable building styles of the Old Town, the New Town and the late 20th century developments are clearly seen, as are the variety of building stones, mainly grey, brown and red sandstones. Beyond Musselburgh Bay lies the East Lothian coastal plain with similar volcanic plugs, North Berwick Law and the Bass Rock; top right are the rounded, Ordovician and Silurian Lammermuir Hills. In the left middle, Edinburgh Castle sits on dolerite plugging a Lower Carboniferous volcanic vent intruded into softer sedimentary rocks. 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 east-north-east. |
| 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: | 324200 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 674000 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 468.49 KB; 989 x 1001 pixels; 84 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 262 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Landscapes |
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