| P number: | P001669 |
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| Old photograph number: | B00065 |
| Caption: | Mullach Coire Mhic Fhearchair, 10 km. north of Kinlochewe, Ross & Cromarty. |
| Description: | Escarpment of Cambrian strata (quartzite, etc.) with overthrust mass of Lewisian gneiss above Kinlochewe thrust plane. Thrust Lewisian gneiss in foreground, Torridon Sandstone in middle distance. In the distance, the hill on the left is made of undisturbed Torridonian sandstone (Applecross Formation), with subhorizontal dips. The pale-coloured, steeply-sloping part of Mullach Coire Mhic Fhearchair displays the Lower Cambrian Eriboll Sandstone and An t-Sron formations unconformably overlying the Torridonian rocks and dipping eastwards at about 20 degrees. At the summit, this succession is truncated by the Kinlochewe Thrust, which carries Lewisian gneiss over the Cambrian strata. The notch at the eastern edge of the photograph marks the line of a fault running diagonally across the photograph and throwing down the overthrust Lewisian rocks to the south-east, causing the Lewisian rocks to be exposed in the foreground. |
| Date taken: | Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 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: | 207500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 873800 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 209.50 KB; 1000 x 756 pixels; 85 x 64 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 200 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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