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Old photograph number: D01169
Caption: Looking south-east from Bealach na Ba, Ross & Cromarty. Typical precipices in Torridon sandstone.
Description: Looking south-east from Bealach na Ba, Ross & Cromarty. Typical precipices in Torridon sandstone. The Torridonian rocks were deposited on the eroded land surface of the Lewisian gneiss of the North-west Highlands. These rocks formed from a thick accumulation of terrestrial sediments, mostly fluviatile, deposited by a series of large rivers flowing from a continent that existed towards the north-west. Because of the great thicknesses of deposits, up to 7 km. in places it is thought that they were deposited in subsiding basins. Note the old Ford Anglia on the road.
Date taken: Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1968
Photographer: Christie, A.
Copyright statement: NERC
Acknowledgment: This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network
X longitude/easting: 178300
Y latitude/northing: 841600
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid)
Orientation: Landscape
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