A PDF of this report is available from the NORA, the NERC archive Barron, H F, Gillespie, M R and Merritt, J W 2011. Geodiversity of the Cairngorms National Park. British Geological Survey Open Report, OR/10/019

Site no.: B20

Site name: Ord Ban

Grid reference: [NH 89346 08541]

Locality: Ord Ban, on the north-west side of Loch an Eilein

GCR Status: Confirmed

GCR No.: 2701

Type: Natural exposure and Artifical quarry

Description: A lime kiln and small disused quarries in limestone. The Loch an Eilean trail runs beside the Ord Ban quarry/exposures. The GCR volume 'Dalradian rocks of Scotland' (Stephenson et al., 2010) contains a full description of the site.

Justification: A rare example of Precambrian (Neoproterozoic) limestone in Scotland, and the only limestone unit in the Grampian Group (Dalradian Supergroup).

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