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Blackford Hill
Unknown, 1910, Photograph
Blackford Hill
Blackford Hill
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25837
Title
Blackford Hill
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Unknown
Date
1910
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Photograph
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Blackford Hill was formed from the oldest rock in Edinburgh and offers impressive panoramic views of the city, the Pentland Hills and Firth of Forth. Enthusiastic geologists love this place as it is full of significant hotspots to study rock formation. In 1840 the Swiss geologist Louis Agassiz declared the grooves in the rocks of Blackford Quarry were caused by glaciers and this was the start of a whole new chapter of geological study in Scotland .
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