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The Rocks Remain –  

But Rarely Unmoved

Letter from Cape Wrath
 
Interfluvial archipelagos
eccentric
excessive
exposed
high cliffs
deep clefts
topography
suddenly interrupted
 
brutally surrendered
 
ravines
fissures
gaps
gullies
creeks
grottoes
 
lines of force
lines of fragility
 
powers of erosion
hierarchies of resistance
masses of drif
tcloaks of moraine
abrased platforms
lithology
littorality.
 
By Kenneth White1

 

1 Page 122 Kenneth White 2000 Open World The Collected Poems 1960 â€“ 2000 Polygon, Edinburgh

Cnoc and Lochan and Fjords
 
Ceathramh Garbh in the foreground; Loch Inchard, Kinlochbervie and ‘Asher’ beyond. 
Torrisdale Bay
 
A beach formed from glacial outwash sands and gravels.  Sand blown inland over the centuries has changed acid moorland into fertile ground.  Raised beach is visible here too. 
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