. Moray and Nairn. ounded by woodson all sides and is a perfect beauty spot. Loch of Blairs,two and a half miles south of Forres, Loch Romach, threemiles south of Rafford, Loch Dallas, four miles south-westof Dallas, are also worthy of mention. The coastline of the county is remarkably free fromindentation. From the eastern boundary, where theTynet Burn enters the Firth, to the mouth of the Speythe coast is low-lying and only rarely reaches a height oftwenty feet. The prevailing rocks are a dark red sand-stone, which has been quarried for building purposes, andconglomerate. From Garmouth a fin
. Moray and Nairn. ounded by woodson all sides and is a perfect beauty spot. Loch of Blairs,two and a half miles south of Forres, Loch Romach, threemiles south of Rafford, Loch Dallas, four miles south-westof Dallas, are also worthy of mention. The coastline of the county is remarkably free fromindentation. From the eastern boundary, where theTynet Burn enters the Firth, to the mouth of the Speythe coast is low-lying and only rarely reaches a height oftwenty feet. The prevailing rocks are a dark red sand-stone, which has been quarried for building purposes, andconglomerate. From Garmouth a fine view is obtained. 22 MORAYSHIRE Eastward may be seen Buckie and the Bin of Cullen ; tothe north the silted-up port of Kingston and the broadwaters of the Firth ; to the west, Lossiemouth ; whileinland Ben Aigan and Ben Rinnes stand as sentinels ofthe strath. From Kingston to Lossiemouth the coast is low andsandy, and from the sand rises a series of bent-coveredhills and pebbly beaches. Just above the mouth of the. Covesea Lighthouse Lossie is the end of the canal which drains] Loch , and especially in the floods of 1829, low tractsof land along the Lossie suffered great damage frominundation, but embankments now serve to keep backthe river when in flood. The peninsula on which standsBranderburgh, a part of Lossiemouth, contains the mostnortherly point in the county. Lossiemouth golf course WATERSHED RIVERS LAKES 23 is one of many excellent golf courses on the southernshore of the Firth. About two miles west of Lossiemouthis Covesea Lighthouse, which, owing to the level natureof the country, is a landmark for miles around. CoveseaCaves lie about two miles farther west. As late probablyas the eleventh century the low-lying strip of groundbetween Lossiemouth and Burghead Bay was under sea-level. The strong westward tidal current carrying shinglefrom the coast of Banffshire, has caused a considerableaddition to the land area. Where the coastline projected,however,
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