| P number: | P002039 |
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| Old photograph number: | C00818 |
| Caption: | Shore at Merkland, 2.8 km. north of Brodick, Isle of Arran, Buteshire. Perched block on shore. Looking south. |
| Description: | Shore at Merkland, 2.8 km. north of Brodick, Isle of Arran, Buteshire. Perched block on shore. Looking south. The Permo-Triassic sandstones of Arran are relatively soft and easily eroded by the sea. In this instance, the sandstone underlying this large block on the modern wave-cut platform has been removed by marine erosion, leaving the boulder as a 'perched block' resting on slightly harder rocks. Permo-Triassic rocks are relatively uncommon onshore in Scotland but are well represented offshore. Those on Arran lie towards the northern margin of a large Permo-Trias filled basin in the Firth of Clyde. |
| Date taken: | Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1900 |
| 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: | 202500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 638500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 127.12 KB; 1000 x 748 pixels; 85 x 63 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 198 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, glaciation/ Erratics and perched blocks |
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