Old Red Sandstone on shore at Helensburgh
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Old Red Sandstone on shore at Helensburgh by Lairich Rig as part of the Geograph project.
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Old Red Sandstone on shore at Helensburgh
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 22 Sep 2016
The viewpoint is only a few metres to the east of that for Image; a grey feature in the left foreground of that picture can be seen ahead, on the right, in the present view. As BGS geological maps reveal, Rosneath Conglomerate (formerly called Upper Old Red Sandstone) is present on the shore from here to about Image In fact, the spot from which the present picture was taken is the south-eastern extremity of this part of the formation, as marked on the geological map. Old Red Sandstone is also prominent elsewhere on the Clyde shore: around and to the north-west of Ardmore Point (see Image and Image, respectively), and near Image in Cardross.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.00187
Longitude
-4.732753