| P number: | P001654 |
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| Old photograph number: | B00005 |
| Caption: | Smoo Cave, Leirinmore, Durness, Sutherland. Cliff of Cambrian dolomite with bands of chert. The Allt Smoo reaches the sea at the back of the cave. |
| Description: | Smoo Cave, Leirinmore, Durness, Sutherland. Cliff of Cambrian dolomite with bands of chert. The Allt Smoo reaches the sea at the back of the cave. Subhorizontally-bedded fine-grained granular dolomite and white limestone of the Sangomore Formation (Lower Ordovician) with thin beds of chert forms the cliff. This is an area of karst topography where rainwater has dissolved the rock to form caves and sinkholes. |
| Date taken: | 01/01/1891 |
| 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: | 242000 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 967300 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 251.52 KB; 1000 x 759 pixels; 85 x 64 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 201 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Stratigraphical, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, marine/ Caves, blowholes, inlets |
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