Kame, Hills of Dunipace
Maker
Thomas McInnes
Production date
1978
Description
View of a long tree-covered hillock in an otherwise flat field. It is probably a kame.
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Object detail
When the ice melted, the material collapsed to form long winding embankments which ignore the local topography, similar in shape to railway embankments. The word kame in Scots means a long winding steep-sided embankment.
Subsequently shaped by Man and used as a motte.
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