5623 x 3730 px | 47,6 x 31,6 cm | 18,7 x 12,4 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
2009
Lieu:
Elgo Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scottish Highlands Region UK
Informations supplémentaires:
The road to Elgol is a magnet for geologists who are struck by the diversity of its rock formations. In some places typical formations associated with limestone geology are found. The recently discovered of Uamh an Ard Achaidh, or the High Pasture Cave, which in antiquity was a refuge or maybe home to some of the area’s people, is one of many riddling this limestone terrain. Nearby marble deposits were quarried and taken by narrow-gauge rail to Broadford for transport to the markets in the south. The staircase of Armadale Castle in Sleat, which sadly was ruined in a fire, was made of local marble. Marble is still quarried at Torrin, which is about halfway between Broadford and Elgol and is now mainly used for harling or path construction. Nearby is the celebrated Cuillin range but this, by contrast, is composed of the black coloured volcanic rock, gabbro. The Cuillin range, which is at its most impressive seen from the shore at Elgol, provides some of the best climbing in Europe. The Cuillin is for the experienced and well-prepared climber, the rest of us should enjoy the range from Elgol or take the Misty Isle boat trip to Coruisk, a beautiful fresh-water loch right in the midst of the Cullin Mountains SCO 2243
