Camas Gorm, Argyll and Bute

Beach west of Bogha Ruadh

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Paddling southwest down Loch Linnhe, this small beach comes into view immediately upon rounding the small headland of Bogha Ruadh. The name hardly distinguishes this headland from any of several others - all are composed of the same "red" rock - in reality a pale pink, medium-grained porphyritic biotite granite of Late Caledonian age (c 418 million years). This was the most recent of several huge intrusions, forming the central core of the 200 km

Uploaded to Geograph by Andy Waddington on 2 April 2010

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