Lot's Wife (C) Lairich Rig :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

NS4178 : Lot's Wife

near to Bonhill, West Dunbartonshire, Great Britain

Lot's Wife

For the main description, and for another view, see NS4178 : Lot's Wife.

In the present photograph, the steep, bare southern side of NS4178 : Auchenreoch Glen provides the backdrop. For the stratification that is evident there, see NS4178 : Ballagan Beds in Auchenreoch Glen.

Lot's Wife

This was the name by which a prominent isolated pinnacle of igneous rock (possibly a very small volcanic plug), located in Auchenreoch Glen, was known in the latter half of the nineteenth century. It stands not far upstream from a feature known as the Gates of Sodom: Link

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2010

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Grid Square: NS4178, 40 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Lairich Rig (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Friday, 25 June, 2010 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 1 July, 2010
Geographical Context: Geological interest
Place (from Tags): Auchenreoch Glen
Category: Geological feature (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: NS 4184 7836 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:58.3262N 4:32.1546W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: NS 4185 7837
View Direction: Southwest (about 225 degrees)