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(1) A large mass about 200 yards above where the road from Fort 
William crosses the river Abhainn Bheag, 18 x 10 x 7 feet. 
(2) A similar block 11x7x5 feet at a short distance. 
A line connecting these bears almost on Clack an Acrais boulder. 
(3) A small boulder nearly in same line about a mile from Fort 
William to the W. * 
(4) At nearly same distance from Fort William on the E. side of 
the town a similar boulder of larger size on the hill face above Nevis 
Bridge. 
If a glacier came down Glen Spean and along Glen More it might 
have brought the above boulders. 
The idea of such a glacier is favoured by the existence of a 
remarkable trainee of boulders to the E. of Blar-mach-foldacli * 
partly above road on left, and partly on right at first house in town- 
ship. 
3. A more striking indication of ice movement in this direction is 
an immense collection of boulders on lower slopes of same hill, 
Meall nan Cleireach , called Blar nan Cleireach. The shoulder of the 
hill which projects so as to cause the bend of the river Kiachnish , is 
littered with boulders. The boulders are mostly granite. There are 
also boulders of porphyry and mica schist. The largest in size are 
mica schist. 
Most of these boulders are below the contour line of 800 feet. 
The following are the sizes of the largest mica schist boulders : 
10 x 8 x 5J feet, 8x7x4 feet, 10x6x3 feet, 11 x 4 x 5J feet, 
7 x 5 x 3J feet. 
The granites are grey and purplish. The pink colour is owing to 
the predominance of felspar. In some, the felspar crystals are large, 
in some, small. 
Of the boulders with large felspar crystals, one may be mentioned 
10x8x3 feet, one with small felspar crystals 8x5x4 feet. Fine 
grained grey granite 4 x 2 x 5 feet. There is one called “agglomerate,” 
7x5x3 feet. Among this collection, there are one or two small 
quartzite boulders. 
This large assemblage of boulders is on the N.E. shoulder of the 
hill. It could be reached by an arm of the Glen More glacier passing 
This Gaelic word means “Green spot, outlying, hospitable.” 
