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.: Q6
Site name: Beinn Dearg Blockfield
Grid reference:
Locality: Summit of Beinn Dearg, Forest of Atholl
GCR Status: N/A
GCR No.: N/A
Type: Natural landform
Description: Beinn Dearg is capped by an extensive boulder- field rising to the summit at 1008 m by way of several high, concentric ramparts. Blockfields are mountaintop accumulations of blocks produced by the frost shattering of underlying rocks
Justification: A good example with blocks up to 3 m across. The blockfield probably largely predates the last regional glaciation and invites comparison with the partially eroded blockfields and tors that occur on the Cairngorms