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Site no.: Q38

Site name: Féith Ghorm Ailleag

Grid reference: [NN 80519 80379]

Locality: Feith Gorm Ailleag, 5 km north-west of Bruar Lodge

GCR Status: N/A

GCR No.: N/A

Type: Natural sections

Description: Very compact, ferruginous, clast-supported diamicton resembling regolith that crops out from beneath till and orange-brown sandy gravel

Justification: This unit (Ailleag Diamicton Member) is probably a head deposit that predates the last regional glaciation of the area

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