View across Drumcaw Road to a whale-back drumlin

Introduction

The photograph on this page of View across Drumcaw Road to a whale-back drumlin by Eric Jones as part of the Geograph project.

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View across Drumcaw Road to a whale-back drumlin

Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 10 Mar 2015

The English word "drumlin" is a corruption of the Gaelic word "droimnín" meaning a wee ridge. The drumlins in the concentric belt between the Mournes and the Slieve Croob Range are only some 13,000 years old.

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.303661
Longitude
-5.882156