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.: Q7
Site name: Upper Tarf Moraines
Grid reference:
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.