Myot Hill

Maker
Thomas McInnes
Production date
24 Aug 1978
 Description
View of olivine basalt and sedimentary rock of the calciferous sandstone series. There are boulders embedded in a finer-grained rock. Shows altered blocks of basalt.
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Maker
Production date
24 Aug 1978
Subject place
Myot Hill/Denny Muir/Denny area
Subject notes
Myot Hill is part of an igneous sill intruded into the surrounding calciferous sandstone. It was quarried at Northfield and Boards quarries. The same sill forms Abbey Craig near Stirling.

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Accession number
P04178

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