| P number: | P001701 |
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| Old photograph number: | B00148 |
| Caption: | 0.8 km. north-east of Tornapress, head of Loch Kishorn, Ross & Cromarty. Looking south-west. Valley cut along outcrop of Kishorn thrust plane. Torridon Sandstone on left overriding Cambrian rocks on right. |
| Description: | 0.8 km. north-east of Tornapress, head of Loch Kishorn, Ross & Cromarty. Looking south-west. Valley cut along outcrop of Kishorn thrust plane. Torridon Sandstone on left overriding Cambrian rocks on right. The Cambrian rocks below the thrust (to the right) are grey limestones of the Eilean Dubh Formation (Durness Group). Karstic weathering probably accounts for the largely dry river bed. The trees form the Rassal Oak Wood, one of the few remnants of the original Caledonian Forest. The Torridonian rocks above the Kishorn thrust plane belong to the Diabaig Formation, and contain more argillaceous beds than the Applecross Formation sandstones. The strata are inverted, and a short distance to the east are overlain by Lewisian gneiss in the inverted limb of the Kishorn Nappe. |
| Date taken: | Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1894 |
| Photographer: | Lunn, R. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 183900 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 842800 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 207.31 KB; 756 x 1000 pixels; 64 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 200 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, river/ Valleys |
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