The Monadhliath plateau is seamed with meltwater channels larger and smaller, coursing across the slopes and nicking cols. Sometimes they give blessed relief from deep heather and peat hags - if they are going your way. This one has an eclectic collection of glacially transported boulders in its bed, including far-travelled granite.
Uploaded to Geograph by David Jarman on 22 September 2012
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