Sand Pit, Scotstown

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Sand Pit, Scotstown

Image: © Richard Sutcliffe Taken: 2 Nov 1974

Geology students from the University of Aberdeen visiting what was a working quarry when the photograph was taken in 1974. The sands and gravels are bedded and are of Pleistocene age.

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Image Location

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Latitude
57.193352
Longitude
-2.109193