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Site no.: Q15

Site name: Caisteal a' Choire channels

Grid reference: [NN 84689 80809]

Locality: The southern flanks of An Sligearnach, 5 km NNE of Bruar Lodge, Atholl

GCR Status: N/A

GCR No.: N/A

Type: Landform assemblage

Description: A complex network of shallow, branching and anastomosing glacial meltwater channels occurring across the hillside and incised into decomposed granite bedrock.

Justification: An excellent suite of features described in the literature and important for reconstructing the characteristics of the last ice cap to cover the area.

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