View down the "Dubh Ghlac" to Loch Linnhe
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View down the "Dubh Ghlac" to Loch Linnhe
Image: © Phillip Williams Taken: 21 Oct 2013
Dubh-ghlac is an approximately 2km long narrow glen running NE from the A82 in Onich. The name means "dark narrow glen" but it is also known as the Onich Dry River Gorge or the Onich Gorge. It is believed to be the old course of the Abhainn Righ (River Righ/Ree or perhaps River of the King) before being diverted to the current course, possibly as the result of glacial action. Taken above a small steep cliff, an SSSI, of white Appin Quartzite still bearing the ripple marks of the old sea bed prior to metamorphic change.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.70202
Longitude
-5.232669