Coastal rocks at Kirk Lanes
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Coastal rocks at Kirk Lanes
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 5 Jun 2022
These appear to be Cairnbulg diorite (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorite ), being igneous bedrock formed approximately 444 to 485 million years ago in the Ordovician Period by intrusions of silica-poor magma.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.660012
Longitude
-1.907645