| P number: | P002698 |
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| Old photograph number: | D01169 |
| Caption: | Looking south-east from Bealach na Ba, Ross & Cromarty. Typical precipices in Torridon sandstone. |
| Description: | Looking south-east from Bealach na Ba, Ross & Cromarty. Typical precipices in Torridon sandstone. The Torridonian rocks were deposited on the eroded land surface of the Lewisian gneiss of the North-west Highlands. These rocks formed from a thick accumulation of terrestrial sediments, mostly fluviatile, deposited by a series of large rivers flowing from a continent that existed towards the north-west. Because of the great thicknesses of deposits, up to 7 km. in places it is thought that they were deposited in subsiding basins. Note the old Ford Anglia on the road. |
| Date taken: | Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1968 |
| Photographer: | Christie, A. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 178300 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 841600 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 226.72 KB; 1001 x 768 pixels; 85 x 65 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 203 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, mountains and hills |
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