Rock face near Whitehill

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Rock face near Whitehill

Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 15 Jul 2015

The formation is at Image, and is shown from the other side in Image It is rather shaded in the present view, but for a closer and better look, and for the probable nature of the formation, see Image As explained there, I take the upper part, a conglomerate with well-rounded quartz pebbles, to be Douglas Muir Quartz-Conglomerate, and the lower parts may be the Kirkwood Formation (volcaniclastic sediments). At the top of the exposure is an antiquity, though not one that is marked on the map: Image It is fortunate that it was not quarried away; there is an Image just a few metres away from it, near the top of the exposure.

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