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 A PDF of this report is available from the NORA, the NERC archive

Site no.: Q37

Site name: Ghlas Choire Recessional Moraines

Grid reference: [NN 74232 74959]

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

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