Sigurd: this is fascinating (as the whole blog site is) but I need a context to define what you are showing us: was the photo taken from the air, or is it a greatly magnified shot of something quite small? Anne Slater Ardmore, PA (just outside Philadelphia)

On 01 August 2004 01:12, STRONSAY2@cs.com wrote: > Sigurd: this is fascinating (as the whole blog site is) but I need a > context to define what you are showing us: was the photo taken from > the air, or is it a greatly magnified shot of something quite small? It's simply a picture taken looking down (from a standing position) on a strange geological feature found between Borwick and the Bay o' Skaill. -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk

... well, bearing Sigurds notes in mind, it looks like a very very large form or very very early stage of what later will be something like the horse teeth stones you can find in the top soils / formations at Yesnaby ...