| P number: | P002038 |
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| Old photograph number: | C00807 |
| Caption: | South end of Holy Island, east coast of Arran, Buteshire. Columnar-jointed sill or sheet. |
| Description: | South end of Holy Island, east coast of Arran, Buteshire. Columnar-jointed sill or sheet. This thick sill or sheet of columnar-jointed riebeckite-trachyte rock overlies (intrudes) Permian sandstone, the latter being concealed under drift. This large intrusion covers a significant proportion of Holy Island. Arran is one of the series of Tertiary volcanic centres grouped along the west coast of Scotland and relates to a period of crustal extension between 55 and 61 million years ago. Similar aged lavas and intrusions in the Faeroes and East Greenland were all once part of the same Tertiary igneous province, before being separated by the opening of the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Date taken: | Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1900 |
| 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: | 206500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 628500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 157.36 KB; 1001 x 701 pixels; 85 x 59 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 185 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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