| P number: | P000646 |
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| Old photograph number: | D01699 |
| Caption: | Sgurr of Eigg, Isle of Eigg. Inverness-shire. The eastern end of the pitchstone ridge of the Sgurr showing a sheet of Eocene age columnar-jointed pitchstone resting unconformably on Palaeogene (Tertiary) lavas. |
| Description: | Sgurr of Eigg, Isle of Eigg. Inverness-shire. The eastern end of the pitchstone ridge of the Sgurr showing a sheet of Eocene age columnar-jointed pitchstone resting unconformably on Palaeogene (Tertiary) lavas. Columnar jointing is ubiquitous, the columns in the lower part of the pitchstone are massive and perpendicular to the valley sides and reaching one metre is diameter. |
| Date taken: | 01/01/1974 |
| Photographer: | Pulsford, J.M. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 146500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 784700 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 407.19 KB; 1000 x 993 pixels; 85 x 84 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 263 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Geological structures |
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