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the flow, weathered by the tropical climate of 60 million years ago. There is a fossil tree, with a cave to its right, a large boulder on the shore just below, and a small area of columnar basalt on its left. The cast of the tree is a hollow half-cylinder about 1.2 m (4 ft) wide, starting just above ground level. Just beyond the tree, there is a black sand beach, and there are in the basalt shoreline slab some older boulders overwhelmed by the lava flow of 60 million years ago.
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680:Mull Little Theatre
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543:Loch Frisa
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467:Ulva Ferry
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397:Ardalanish
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180:Ardmeanach
174:, a large
91:56°21′59″N
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407:Aridhglas
352:Craignure
342:Tobermory
288:"Mullite"
273:13 August
158:Geography
146:, in the
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538:Loch Don
498:Ben More
493:Ben Buie
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422:Fishnish
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457:Tiroran
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237:Geology
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402:Ardtun
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