Hummocky ground at Coul

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Hummocky ground at Coul

Image: © Gordon Hatton Taken: 14 Sep 2021

There are a lot of humps, hollows and ridges in this area, all signs of glacial deposition where ice from the glens met lower ground and deposited material. These humps look like moraines, but might be an esker.

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Image Location

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Latitude
56.701821
Longitude
-3.179246