NG7339 : Giants' chessboard

near to Culduie, Highland, Great Britain

Giants' chessboard
Giants' chessboard
The dip of the strata has aligned with the angle of glaciation, meaning that entire sheets of sandstone have been planed off, leaving something a bit like a tilted version of the seabed where the rock was formed. Along with sundry boulders the ice-sheet left behind.
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NG7339   (more nearby)
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Toby Speight   (find more nearby)
Image classification
Geograph (First for NG7339)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 19 May, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 19 May, 2009
Category
Rock feature   (more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NG 73091 39379 [1m precision]
WGS84: 57:23.2841N 5:46.6391W
Photographer Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NG 73091 39379
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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