Columnar jointing
Introduction
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Columnar jointing
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 18 Apr 2014
This is the northern side of the knoll that is shown on the right in Image; I took the present picture while passing it on the same track; this side was in deep shade, presenting a photographic challenge. Earlier on the same walk, I had examined another formation, which, though superficially rather different, is a variation on the same theme, and was formed in the same way: Image More examples can be found a mile or so to the WNW, in the Squirrel Wood: they include Image and Image, but the best example, by far, is the Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.981411
Longitude
-4.314168