2008

NC2565 : Peat covered cairn on featureless moorland hillside in Strath Chailleach

taken 16 years ago, near to Bealach Cnoc na h-Ùidhe [other Features], Highland, Great Britain

Peat covered cairn on featureless moorland hillside in Strath Chailleach
Peat covered cairn on featureless moorland hillside in Strath Chailleach
You can see the curving drainage 'grips' cut into the peat on the land in the distance. These were made to drain and 'improve' the land in the 1950s/60s.

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Category: Cairn
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NC2565, 2 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Nick Lindsay   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 11 May, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 27 January, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NC 258 651 [100m precision]
WGS84: 58:32.3861N 4:59.5766W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NC 259 651
View Direction
Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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