| P number: | P002964 |
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| Old photograph number: | MNS05052 |
| Caption: | Edinburgh Castle panorama from Princes Street, looking south-west. |
| Description: | Edinburgh Castle panorama from Princes Street, looking south-west. Edinburgh Castle sits on a dolerite plug filling a Lower Carboniferous volcanic vent. The dolerite cliffs have been plucked clean by an ice sheet flowing west to east. It forms a 'crag and tail' feature - the tail is the Royal Mile to the left. Hollow formerly filled by artificial loch (North Loch), in glacially gouged hollow, infilled with 30 m.+ of superficial deposits. The sunlit slopes in centre are site of landslip. |
| Date taken: | Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1988 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 325300 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 673800 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 128.64 KB; 1000 x 323 pixels; 85 x 27 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 85 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Landscapes |
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