The entire length of the coastline flanking Burghead Bay and the Culbin Sands areas of Moray is backed by low “cliffs” of sand and shingle which are open to attack […]
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Further Notes on the Barony of Culbin
In his petition to the Scottish Parliament of 1695 Alexander Kinnaird stated that the best “two pairts” of his estate had been “quyte ruined and destroyed”. It is a splendidly […]
Continue readingAncient Soils in the Culbin Forest
In Bulletin No. 2 (1974) mention was made of relict soils capping some of the old inland shingle ridges of the Culbin Foreland and that an indication of their age […]
Continue readingNotes on the Development of The Culbin Foreland
The inland shingle deposits of this area were mapped by Balchin for Steers (1937) At that time the western half of the Culbin area was already covered by forest and […]
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