Pillow Lavas (C) Anne Burgess :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

NR9946 : Pillow Lavas

near to Sannox, North Ayrshire, Great Britain

Pillow Lavas

The grey lumpy rock in the burn here was our reason for wading (I use the word advisedly) across the bog which makes up the river bank. It is considered to be deformed and metamorphosed pillow lava, which forms only when lava is erupted under water. Normally it is interpreted as meaning that it was erupted into the sea, but if the land was as waterlogged then as it was today, it could just as well have been erupted into this bog!

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2012

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Grid Square: NR9946, 38 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Anne Burgess (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Sunday, 16 September, 2012 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 27 September, 2012
Geographical Context: Geological interest Rivers, Streams, Drainage
Subject Location: OSGB36: NR 9950 4688 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:40.4332N 5:11.4045W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: NR 9950 4688
View Direction: West-southwest (about 247 degrees)