| P number: | P002209 |
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| Old photograph number: | C01984 |
| Caption: | 0.8 km. east of Helmsdale, Sutherland. The late-glacial 100 ft. raised beach at East Helmsdale. The right part of a panorama with C01983. |
| Description: | 0.8 km. east of Helmsdale, Sutherland. The late-glacial 100 ft. raised beach at East Helmsdale. The right part of a panorama with C01983. The flat fields in the middle distance on the right are on the late-glacial raised beach platform. Behind is a line of old cliffs now degraded and covered in vegetation. The hill on the top right behind the houses is formed from the Helmsdale Granite, one of the Caledonian Orogeny 'Newer Granites'. It is separated from the Old Red Sandstone rocks that underly most of the 100 ft raised beach and foreshore by the major Helmsdale Fault that runs roughly parallel to the coast. |
| Date taken: | Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1914 |
| 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: | 303500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 915500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 222.21 KB; 1001 x 718 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 190 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, marine/ Raised beaches |
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