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Parish of Rhynie
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Description continued - hornblende, Serpentine & So on. The only mountain deserving attention is the far famed "Tap O' Noth, which lies almost due North of the village and has an elevation of 1844 feet, the general contour of this mountain resembles a Crouching Lion. In the South West it assumes an almost Conical shape, not unlike that of a volcanic peak, the Summit is surmounted by a beautifully marked vitrified fort, some parts of the walls of which are still standing, these are about six feet thick and consist of semi-molten green-stone and feldspathic stones, usually of small size, as if purposely broken into fragments in order to facilitate the process of vitrification. It is impossible to say now how the fusing of such materials was accomplished in so rude an [continued on next page]

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