My Life in Pictures

By fotoflingscot

Glen Roy

 A stopover tonight in Roy Bridge so a re-visit (last seen in 2008) to Glen Roy where it is said "nowhere in Scotland can the dramatic effects of glacial ice on our landscape be seen more clearly"
My caption from the last shot taken 13 years ago states "Glen Roy in the Lochaber area of the Highlands of Scotland is a National Nature Reserve and is noted for the geological puzzle of the three roads ("Parallel Roads"). The "Parallel Roads" of Glen Roy are lochterraces that formed along the shorelines of an ancient ice-dammed loch. The loch existed during a brief period (some 900-1,100 years in duration) of climatic deterioration, during a much longer period of deglaciation, subsequent to the last main ice age (The Devensian). From a distance they resemble man-made roads running along the side of the Glen, hence the name." I think this info was gleaned from Wikipedia but it does effectively describe what can be seen in this remote beauty spot.

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