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.: Q14

Site name: Mega- roche moutonnée of Ralia

Grid reference: [NN 71266 96626]; [NN 70135 95426]

Locality: Creagan a' Choin and Ordan Shios, 2-3 km south of Newtonmore

GCR Status: N/A

GCR No.: N/A

Type: Landforms

Description: Two distinctive mega- roche moutonnée features, Creagan a' Choin and Ordan Shios, which unusually have tails of glacial till stretching south- westwards in the former up-ice direction.

Justification: Striking indicators of former ice flow during the last regional glaciation. Not to be confused with crag-and-tail features.

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