2012

NH6907 : Bruach nan Imirichean granite egg

taken 12 years ago, near to Bruach Nan-Imrichean [hill or Mountain], Highland, Great Britain

Bruach nan Imirichean granite egg
Bruach nan Imirichean granite egg
Over the back of the Monadhliath, in the Findhorn headwaters, a glacier has laid a little granite egg - one of the dinkiest erratics one could come across. Just shows how little peat or soil has developed since it was dropped here. It's shrunk a lot since it left Rannoch Moor or Srath Ossian.

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Geographical Context: Geological interest Uplands Moorland
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NH6907   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Jarman   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 22 September, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 13 November, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NH 698 078 [100m precision]
WGS84: 57:8.5614N 4:9.1190W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NH 699 079
View Direction
South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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Image classification(about): Geograph (First for NH6907) · First in 5 Years (TPoint) (about)
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