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.: Q9

Site name: Beinn a' Ghlo landslides

Grid reference: [NN 95977 74565]

Locality: The northern and eastern flanks of Beinn a' Ghlo, especially within the steep sided valley of the Allt Fheannach

GCR Status: N/A

GCR No.: N/A

Type: Landform assemblage

Description: Several large rock slope failures, including creep, antiscarps and open tension cracks. A relatively recently formed tension crack [NN 9575 7450] was observed behind the main backscarp of one of these landslides.

Justification: An atypical cluster of landslide features that requires further research to fully explain. Landslides have influenced the long- term landscape evolution of the region and they tend to cluster within relatively recently formed glacial breaches

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