| P number: | P002268 |
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| Old photograph number: | C02219 |
| Caption: | East side of the Island of Raasay, Inverness-shire. Near view of the escarpment of Jurassic Inferior Oolite sandstone. In distance on the left is the hill Dun Caan. It has a capping of Tertiary plateau basalt on Great Oolite, also Jurassic. |
| Description: | East side of the Island of Raasay, Inverness-shire. Near view of the escarpment of Jurassic Inferior Oolite sandstone. In distance on the left is the hill Dun Caan. It has a capping of Tertiary plateau basalt on Great Oolite, also Jurassic. The massive cliff in the centre is formed of part of the Inferior Oolite, a great mass of sandstone 600 feet thick. Below the cliff are scree slopes that now have a cover of vegetation. The capping of plateau basalt on Dun Caan has been variously interpreted as a sill or as lavas with a fresh hard core of columnar form. It was formed in the vast outpouring of lava in the Tertiary Volcanic Province at about 55 Ma. |
| Date taken: | Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1917 |
| 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: | 158500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 839500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 233.78 KB; 1000 x 756 pixels; 85 x 64 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 200 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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