The Terrace Gravels of Auchnasheen, Ross-shire. 
By W. C. Lucy, Esq., F.G.8. 
During the last three years I have stayed some time at 
Auchnasheen, and as the Gravel Terraces there are the most 
remarkable I have ever seen, and as I am not aware that they 
have been described, I propose to give a brief account of them, 
as they contribute much to the history. of the Quaternary 
Deposits in our own district. 
The route to Auchnasheen is via Inverness and Dingwall, 
and after leaving the latter Station, on the Firth of Cromarty, 
the line rises considerably to Strathpeffer Station, after which 
it runs by the side of several beautiful lochs, and at Achanalt, 
eight miles from Auchnasheen, it enters a wide valley, with the 
lofty mountain of Scuir Veuillin, rising 3000 feet above the 
sea on the one side, and a high range of nearly the same 
height on the other. 
Auchnasheen is about thirty miles from Dingwall, and at 
the Railway Station is 505 feet above sea level. It is situated 
where two ways branch off; the one by Railway to Loch Carron 
and Stromeferry—the place of departure for Skye—and is 
second by road to Loch Maree and Gairloch. 
On the Stromeferry route, within a mile and a half from the 
Station, is Loch Ledgowan, a mile and a quarter in length; and 
by the other way is Loch Rosque, a mile from the Station, and 
four miles long. The two Lochs are separated by the mountain 
of Leonach, 1521 feet high, and their outflow joins at the 
Bridge, which is the commencement of the Bran river. 
The Terraces begin not far from the junction of the two 
streams, and reach nearly to both Lochs. There are three 
well marked divisions, of which by far the largest extends for 
three quarters of a mile as Ledgowan is approached, and is fully 
sixty feet high, with sloping sides. The second is twelve feet, 
and the third about six feet; the latter is recent. (See 
Section 1.) 
