2002

HY2428 : Sandstone flag foreshore, Brough of Birsay

taken 22 years ago, near to Lower Palace, Mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland

Sandstone flag foreshore, Brough of Birsay
Sandstone flag foreshore, Brough of Birsay
The book "Rescue excavations on the Brough of Birsay 1974-1982" by Hunter quotes the 1976 regional geology by Mykura as saying the geology is of upper Stromness flags of middle old red sandstone - which gives a dramatic foreshore.

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HY2428, 104 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Hawgood   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 21 May, 2002   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 8 December, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! HY 240 286 [100m precision]
WGS84: 59:8.2433N 3:19.7516W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! HY 240 285
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North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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