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Glenbain Flood Rising

Assynt, Traligill, Sutherland.

NGR:NC 26460 21540
WGS84:58.14858, -4.95032
Length:3 m
Vert. Range:3 m
Altitude:198 m
Geology:Limestone, Ghrudaidh Formation - Dolostone
Tags:Rising
Registry:second

In flood conditions, a large stream emerges from two adjacent shakeholes about 50 m souyh of the track and 100 m up valley from Glenbain Cottage. A shaft was sunk in the most northerly of these to intercept a tiny choked streamway.

Alternate Names: Glenbain Rising, Glen Bain Rising

Hydrographic Feeds: Surface run off and possible connection to Glenbain Hole

Hydrographic Resurgences: Unnamed flood channel to River Traligill

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This entry was last updated: 2022-10-01 19:15:33

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