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Evidence of the erosional work of the sea is very clear here, with the former headland having been eroded to leave a series of stacks and stumps.
©Anne Petty
Dist:0.2km<br/>Photographer is standing atop Doonies Point. Distant coastline at extreme upper right is Brown Jewel, outside of the subject grid square.
©C Michael Hogan
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©Russell Lett
Dist:0.3km<br/>The dyke of pink rock in the middle ground is felsite a fine grained igneous rock.
©Russell Lett
Dist:0.4km<br/>This chasm has been carved by the burn across the grain of the rocks below, probably exlpoiting a fault. The Carlin Craigs are in the middle of the bay, and the farther headland is Grim Brigs.
©Anne Burgess
Dist:0.4km<br/>Burn of Muchalls waterfall drops over two falls into the sea near Doonies Point
©Alan Thomson
Dist:0.4km<br/>The burn flows through a tranquil pool in the hollow here among the whins before disappearing over the edge of the cliff in a waterfall.
©Anne Burgess
Dist:0.5km<br/>A mosaic of tesserae in earth colours showing a royal crown and the word 'PEACE' above with the date '1919' below, set in a shield of pinkish concrete. Most unusual among war memorials in actually celebrating peace as opposed to commemorating war.
©Colin Kinnear
Dist:0.5km<br/>The homes in the background are on the Grim Brigs headland and at the coastal verge of the village of Muchalls.
©C Michael Hogan
Dist:0.5km<br/>This photo was taken about 12 metres from the sea at high tide and clearly shows how the rocks had been formed by being pushed and folded over
©Alan Thomson
Dist:0.6km<br/>Commemorative plaque on a hillock on the east side of the railway line in Muchalls. It is in need of better exposure by cutting back the bracken on the hillock.
©Colin Smith
Dist:0.6km<br/>The coastline at Muchalls is very indented. The prominent humps of almost-detached cliff in the middle distance are in the next square.
©Anne Burgess
Dist:0.7km<br/>The row of old cottages (formerly coastguard houses) have their doors and a wall of stone looking onto the village street - but their main aspect must be the other side, overlooking the sea.
©Colin Smith
Dist:0.7km<br/>Row of attractive cottages in the heugh-head former fishing village of Muchalls. Muchalls is now mainly a dormitory village for Aberdeen.
©Colin Smith
Dist:0.7km<br/>Taken from a passing train heading towards Aberdeen.
©Carl Farnell

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