Portrait of the HighlandsHale, 1969 - 288 Seiten |
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... ancient Celtic name of Scotland north of the Forth and Clyde . But the rocks on either side of the Great Glen are broadly similar in character . They consist of hard and ancient metamorphic rocks , belonging to two great systems , the ...
... ancient Celtic name of Scotland north of the Forth and Clyde . But the rocks on either side of the Great Glen are broadly similar in character . They consist of hard and ancient metamorphic rocks , belonging to two great systems , the ...
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... ancient plant - life of our basin has now been made famous through- out the scientific world by the discovery in 1913 near Rhynie of a petrified peat bog crowded with the remains of lowly plants in such perfect preservation that their ...
... ancient plant - life of our basin has now been made famous through- out the scientific world by the discovery in 1913 near Rhynie of a petrified peat bog crowded with the remains of lowly plants in such perfect preservation that their ...
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... ancient castles which - in most cases no more than weather - worn ruins , but sometimes still proudly defying the hazards of time and the slow gangrene of a hostile economic climate - add a distinctive element to the Highland scene ...
... ancient castles which - in most cases no more than weather - worn ruins , but sometimes still proudly defying the hazards of time and the slow gangrene of a hostile economic climate - add a distinctive element to the Highland scene ...
Inhalt
Introduction | 9 |
PART ONE THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS | 17 |
The Geological Foundations | 19 |
Urheberrecht | |
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ancient Argyll Atholl August Aviemore Badenoch bank basin beautiful Ben Lawers birch Braemar Bridge Britain built Cairn Cairngorms Campbell Castle Celtic Central Highlands century chief church Clan coast Comyn corrie course cross Dalradian Deeside descends Drumalban Duncan Dunkeld Earl east eastern famous feet feudal Findhorn Forest Fort Augustus Gaelic geological Glen gorge granite head of Loch height High hills hydro-electric Inverness island Jacobite Kildrummy King Kingussie known lake land Lawers Loch Awe Loch Duich Loch Lomond Loch Ness Locheil Lochnagar Lord Lowlands miles Montrose moorland Moray Firth mountain Mounth Norse Northern Highlands Old Red Sandstone Pass Perth picturesque Portrait Prince railway Rannoch rising river road rocks round royal ruined Ruthven scene scenery Schists Scotland Scottish Highlands side Spey Speyside stone Strath Strathspey stream summit Sutherland Torridonian tower traversed valley Wade's western