Summit rocks
Introduction
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Summit rocks
Image: © Jonathan Wilkins Taken: 31 Oct 2020
Gorse has covered most of the rock outcrop, but there are a few places where the rhyolite shows through. The rock is an interesting, nodular tuff which is also found in outcrops on the south of the Vardre in Deganwy (see Image). Because it is resistant to erosion there is high ground with poor soil developed where it is present. Here there is also a fine erratic boulder, which shows that ice was at least as high as this point during the last glaciation.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.308959
Longitude
-3.821087