| P number: | P002876 |
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| Old photograph number: | D03471 |
| Caption: | Salisbury Craigs Sill, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Midlothian, looking north. |
| Description: | Salisbury Craigs Sill, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Midlothian, looking north. The spectacular Salisbury Craigs is a thick sill of teschenite (analcite olivine dolerite), extending for almost 1 km. in Holyrood Park. The sill dips eastwards and is intruded into shales, cementstones and sandstones of the Ballagan Formation, Inverclyde Group, which can be seen in the line of old quarries along the face under the sill. Salisbury Craigs is also a classic example of an escarpment, formed by gently-dipping hard units (the sill) interbedded with softer rocks (the enclosing sediments). |
| Date taken: | Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 BST 1982 |
| Photographer: | Bain, T.S. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 327000 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 673000 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 278.96 KB; 1000 x 776 pixels; 85 x 66 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 205 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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