Excerpt from The Geology of Central Ross-Shire: Explanation of Sheet 82
The district described in this Memoir comprises the western portion of Central Ross-shire, and is for the most part an uninhabited, mountainous country drained by the rivers Carron, Bran, Meig, Orrin and Farrar. The only villages are Kinlochewe and Lochcarron.
That portion of the Sheet which lies to the west of the Moine thrust-plane was mapped in 1889-1895, and has been fully described in the Memoir on "The Geological Structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland," published in 1907. In this region the northern face of Beinn Eighe, and a part of Glas Bheinn, north of Loch Carron were mapped by Dr. Peach, the Coulin and Achnashellach Forests from Kinlochewe to the River Lair by Dr. Horne, and the ground between the northern side of Glen Torridon and Strathcarron by Mr. Hinxman. A small area of Torridonian rocks in the extreme north-west corner of the map was examined by Mr. Clough.
The eastern and larger portion of the Sheet was surveyed at a considerably later date. Dr. Peach mapped a strip of ground across the centre of the Sheet from Attadale along the south side of the Carron Valley and Strath Bran to Sgurr a' Ghlas Leathaid. To Dr. Horne was allotted the area between Kinlochewe and the Highland Railway south of Achnasheen. Mr. Hinxman surveyed the eastern portion of the map between Sgurr a' Mhuilinn, Scardroy, and the Orrin-Farrar watershed, together with the northern slopes of Glen Cannich, the intervening ground, on either side of the Farrar, being assigned to Mr. Anderson. Mr. Hinxman also mapped smaller areas in the neighbourhood of Attadale and Achnasheen. To Dr. Crampton was given the south-western part of the Sheet, including the Monar and Patt Forests, and to Mr. Carruthers the ground between Loch Monar and Gleann Fhiodhaig. A small area on the north side of Strath Bran was examined by Mr. Greenly.
Dr. Peach acted as District Geologist till his retirement in 1905, Mr. Hinxman subsequently superintended the mapping, and has edited the Memoir. The Index has been drawn up by Mr. Dinham, the Bibliography by Mr. Tait. The Plates are from photographs taken by Mr. R. Lunn. Plate IV. is reproduced from a drawing made from a negative kindly lent to the Survey by the Rev. A. E. Robertson.
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