2012
NH7661 : Looking towards the Stack
taken 13 years ago, near to Craighead, Highland, Scotland
Looking towards the Stack
There are several interesting features in this view. First, the scenery, with the lichen-covered stack dominating the beach. Then there is the little burn running across the beach in two branches like a miniature delta, and which has washed away the sand but isn't powerful enough to shift the pebbles, so it has created a stony bed for itself. To the left is a thick vein of the pink leucogranite which is characteristic of the Rosemarkie Inlier.
The Rosemarkie Inlier
An inlier is a geological term denoting an outcrop of older rocks which protrudes through younger rocks. North-east of Rosemarkie is a curious inlier made up of rocks which closely resemble the Moine and Lewisian rocks further west, being made up of the same sorts of ancient rocks which have undergone similar metamorphoses. In the Rosemarkie Inlier, however, these rocks are intruded and cut by numerous sheets and veins of salmon-pink leucogranite. The inlier is about 10 km long and 2 km wide, and is bounded on the west by Devonian sedimentary rocks. It lies parallel to the continuation of the Great Glen Fault, which is just offshore, and is thought to have been uplifted into its present position by movements related to the Fault.
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- Grid Square
- NH7661, 28 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Anne Burgess (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Saturday, 25 August, 2012 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 30 August, 2012
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NH 7631 6132 [10m precision]
WGS84: 57:37.4891N 4:4.3646W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NH 7627 6129
- View Direction
- Northeast (about 45 degrees)
