Falls of Measach On Visit To Corrieshalloch Gorge In The Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland short travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the Falls of Measach in Corrieshalloch Gorge, Scottish Gaelic: Coire Shalach, meaning unattractive corrie, a gorge situated about South of Ullapool, close to the junction of the A832 and A835 roads near Braemore on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to the Highlands. The high Falls of Measach, Gaelic: Easan na Miasaich, meaning waterfalls of the place of platters, with reference to the pot holes worn by the action of the water. Corrieshalloch Gorge is one of the most spectacular gorges in Scotland, and demonstrates how erosion resulting from the rapid melting of glaciers at lead to the formation of deep gorges. The gorge formed at the end of the Quaternary ice age around 10 to 13,000 years, as the meltwater from ice sheets that covered northern Scotland between 2.6 million and 11,500 years ago exploited existing lines of weakness in the Moine bedrock. The Abhainn Droma river flows through Corrieshalloch, below which the landscape opens out into a broad, flat-bottomed glacial trough at the head of Loch Broom. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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