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.: Q7

Site name: Upper Tarf Moraines

Grid reference: [NN 94177 80170]

Locality: The valley of the Tarf Water upstream of Falls of Tarf, notably on the SW slopes of Sron na Macranaich

GCR Status: N/A

GCR No.: N/A

Type: Landform assemblage

Description: A suite of low, arcuate, recessional moraine ridges and parallel, shallow glacial drainage channels

Justification: These features record the final decay of the last ice cap concentrically toward the upper reaches of the valleys of the Tarf Water and Bruar Water. They have a bearing on research modelling the last ice cap to cover the Gaick Plateau.

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