| P number: | P001715 |
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| Old photograph number: | B00233 |
| Caption: | Largybeg Point, south of Whiting Bay, south-east coast of Arran, Buteshire. Differential weathering of Triassic sandstone and Palaeocene dolerite dyke. |
| Description: | Largybeg Point, south of Whiting Bay, south-east coast of Arran, Buteshire. Differential weathering of Triassic sandstone and Palaeocene dolerite dyke. The horizontally-bedded sandstones are relatively thin-bedded. The harder layers are calcareous, possibly tending to cornstones, indicating a desert environment. The dyke on the left is about 2 metres wide. It is one of many intruded during the emplacement of the subvolcanic centres of north and central Arran. The dolerite is much more resistant to weathering than the sandstone, which has been eroded away leaving the dyke standing proud. Hence the name dyke. |
| Date taken: | Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1897 |
| 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: | 205400 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 623300 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 202.06 KB; 1000 x 757 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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