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
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Site no.: Q53
Site name: Tomintoul
Grid reference:
Locality: Confluence of the Marl Burn and River Avon, 650 m NW of Inchrory
GCR Status: Confirmed
GCR No.: 1247
Type: Natural sections
Description: A 6 m tufa deposit laid down by the Marl Burn containing 6 soil horizons, one of which contains charcoal which gave a radiocarbon date of 7360 ± 60 B.P. A unique site in Scotland contrasting strongly with English localities & their mollusc diagrams.
Justification: Quaternary of Scotland, GCR site 1247 (Gordon and Sutherland, 1993).