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A dolerite sill like Salisbury Crags or Clee Hill with a steep drop to the Vane... (more)

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Mulla Craig's dramatic outline is the result of a dolerite sill and it... (more)

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Here the pitted ground of the coal measures gives way to Clee Hills'... (more)

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A band of relatively dark dolerite above a limestone layer. The geology here is... (more)

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Dolerite boulders on the slopes of Annies Hill. A lot of the land around here is... (more)

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Dolerite foreshore with the inlet named Hole o' the Dike in the foreground.... (more)

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Inlet in the dolerite foreshore between Cullernose Point and Craster with... (more)

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A narrow dyke of dolerite (starting just right of bottom centre of the photo)... (more)

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Behind the pool is a small dolerite ridge which uneven rates of erosion have... (more)

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Distinctive very dark stone: is it basalt or dolerite?

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View showing the full sweep of the whinstone (dolerite) cliffs.

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This shows the marked difference between the vertical blocking of the volcanic... (more)

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Cliffs of volcanic dolerite on which the castle stands.

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The southern ramparts of High Cup form a great prow of dolerite at High Cup... (more)

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Looking across the North Third Reservoir towards the white house at Greathill.

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Impressive dolerite crags rising out of dense conifer plantations.

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Natural dhustone (Clee Hill dolerite) formations on the common above Doddington.... (more)

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West of this point on Walltown Crags Hadrian’s Wall has been quarried away by... (more)

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The cliffs of Cullernose Point, showing the columnar structure of the dolerite... (more)

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Howbrook Lodge and Howick Scar Farm and the dolerite outcrop of Long Heugh.... (more)

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A closer view of SW8950 : Ladock - Church of St Ladoca - Norman Font showing the bowl with palmettes in round panels... (more)

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This font, thought to be Norman, and therefore predating the current church by... (more)

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Binny Craig is a sill of dolerite rock which is sandwiched between layers of... (more)

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Binny Craig is a sill of dolerite rock which is sandwiched between layers of... (more)

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Areas of dolerite rocks on the sandy beach, with a glimpse of Jenny Balls Carr,... (more)

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The dolerite of the Great Whin Sill near the head of the beach shown in NU2423 : Beach, Embleton Bay.

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A pretty cascade over dolerite which is amazingly slippery to scramble up.

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A chunk taken out of the Whin Sill but on a much smaller scale than at Walltown... (more)

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Wherever the Wall was undefended by crags, the Romans dug a defensive ditch... (more)

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On pastures just north of Peel Crags. Eastwards, the evening sun is catching the... (more)

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There are actually two falls here - a dry one on the left and the cascade on the... (more)

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A substantial stretch of Hadrian's Wall was destroyed totally by this... (more)

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Sheep graze in front of the impressive line of dolerite cliffs below... (more)

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No tall sea cliffs here but large, flat sheets of sea-washed dolerite.

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The 'heughs' are a line of dolerite (whinstone) cliffs visible through... (more)

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The dolerite crags of the Whin Sill catch the evening sun with several teams of... (more)

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Showers obscure the southern Highlands as seen from the modest 266m summit of... (more)

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A spectacular line of dolerite crags and pinnacles overlooking North Third... (more)

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Dating from ca. 1825 and grade-II listed (Cadw record 15401... (more)

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Looking towards the lighthouse on a wild day of waves and surf.

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Dhustone outcrops on Clee Hill Common. There is a scattered woodland just... (more)

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Path beneath Salisbury Crags, seen from the Holyrood end.

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An unnamed cascade between Low and High Forces.

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Even on a day of low water flow it's an awe-inspiring situation and not a... (more)

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Viewed from Wynch Bridge.

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These cliffs formed a natural defence on this side of the castle precinct.

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Once a scene of industrial devastation and archaeological vandalism. This... (more)

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