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Site no.: Q37
Site name: Ghlas Choire Recessional Moraines
Grid reference:
Locality: Allt Glas Choire north of the old sheilings
GCR Status: N/A
GCR No.: N/A
Type: Landform assemblage
Description: A suite of sharp-crested, arcuate, recessional moraine ridges and parallel, glacial drainage channels
Justification: These features record the north-westward retreat of an active outlet glacier of the last ice cap. They have a bearing on research modelling and dating the last ice cap to cover the Gaick