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Site no.: B10

Site name: Glen Tilt

Grid reference: [NN 94262 75176]

Locality: Segment of Glen Tilt between Balaneasie and Creag an Duibh

GCR Status: N/A

GCR No.: N/A

Type: Natural landform

Description: The site encompasses the deepest and most dramatic segment of Glen Tilt, which here forms a large, straight, V-shaped valley. The glen is underlain by the Loch Tay Fault, one of several large, late-Caledonian NE–SW trending faults to affect the rocks of the Grampian Highlands.

Justification: The site presents a clear example of fault-controlled erosion in the development and appearance of a major glen.

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