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.: Q10

Site name: Coire Cas-eagallach

Grid reference: [NN 97637 73595]

Locality: Coire Cas-eagallach, on the eastern side of Beinn a' Ghlo

GCR Status: N/A

GCR No.: N/A

Type: Landform assemblage

Description: Small pristine corrie with bouldery terminal moraine and possible relict rock glacier deposit

Justification: Good example of a corrie that most would agree was probably last occupied by ice during the Loch Lomond Stadial, unlike others in the Cairngorm and Gaick

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