| P number: | P001979 |
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| Old photograph number: | C00004 |
| Caption: | Head of Loch Glencoul, 8.8 km. north of Inchnadamph, Sutherland. Typical scenery of the Lewisian gneiss area. |
| Description: | Head of Loch Glencoul, 8.8 km. north of Inchnadamph, Sutherland. Typical scenery of the Lewisian gneiss area. The craggy ground is formed of Lewisian gneiss, a residual fragment of the ancient Laurentian continental mass. The distant hilltop on right, the Stack of Glencoul is composed of rocks of the Moine Succession, a group of metasedimentary rocks laid down on the Lewisian basement between 1500 and 1025 Ma. They are separated by the Moine Thrust, a major thrust that has forced the Moine over the Lewisian foreland by up to 100 km. |
| Date taken: | Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1891 |
| 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: | 229000 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 928500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 239.17 KB; 1000 x 701 pixels; 85 x 59 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 185 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Images from the archives, Geoscience subjects/ Stratigraphical, Geoscience subjects/ General views/ Metamorphic rock country |
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