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High Force waterfall, Teesdale
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England - Northumbria and Durham
High Force waterfall, where the River Tees falls over the Whin Sill, a dolerite sill intruded into the country rock of limestone and sandstone during Permo-Carboniferous times, about 295 million years ago.
16 June 2024
High Force waterfall, Teesdale
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England - Northumbria and Durham
High Force waterfall, where the River Tees falls over the Whin Sill, a dolerite sill intruded into the country rock of limestone and sandstone during Permo-Carboniferous times, about 295 million years ago.
16 June 2024
High Force waterfall, Teesdale
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331
England - Northumbria and Durham
High Force waterfall, where the River Tees falls over the Whin Sill, a dolerite sill intruded into the country rock of limestone and sandstone during Permo-Carboniferous times, about 295 million years ago.
16 June 2024
High Force waterfall, Teesdale
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331
England - Northumbria and Durham
High Force waterfall, where the River Tees falls over the Whin Sill, a dolerite sill intruded into the country rock of limestone and sandstone during Permo-Carboniferous times, about 295 million years ago.
16 June 2024
Low Force waterfall and the Whin Sill, Teesdale
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England - Northumbria and Durham
The Whin Sill, a dolerite sill sandwiched between sedimentary strata, at Low Force, Teesdale. The Whin Sill was formed near the Permian / Carboniferous boundary about 295 million years ago. The joints in the dolerite can be clearly seen.
07 May 2024
Low Force waterfall and the Whin Sill, Teesdale
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331
England - Northumbria and Durham
The Low Force waterfall in Teesdale falls over the Whin Sill, a dolerite sill sandwiched between sedimentary strata. The joints in the dolerite can be clearly seen. The Whin Sill was formed near the Permian / Carboniferous boundary about 295 million years ago.
07 May 2024
Low Force waterfall and the Whin Sill, Teesdale
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England - Northumbria and Durham
The Low Force waterfall in Teesdale falls over the Whin Sill, a dolerite sill sandwiched between sedimentary strata. The joints in the dolerite can be clearly seen. The Whin Sill was formed near the Permian / Carboniferous boundary about 295 million years ago.
07 May 2024
Kilt Rock, Skye
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Skye - Trotternish
Kilt Rock, Staffin, Trotternish, Skye. The rock is formed by Jurassic sediments overlain by a 90 metre thick columnar jointed sill.
13 July 2010
Stirling Castle
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Stirlingshire
Stirling Castle on its dramatic site high on a Carboniferous quartz-dolerite sill, surrounded by cliffs, seen from the M9 motorway, with the floodplain of the River Forth in the foreground.
