Carsaig Arches Isle Of Mull Scotland 1900 Antique Print

A print from a disbound book of Scotland published 1900. Blank on the reverse, this has been trimmed from the original page size to fit boarded envelope, scan shows the trimmed page being sold.

Suitable for framing, the average page size is approx 10.75" x 8.25" or 27.5cm x 21cm, including text and border.

Average image size approx 9" x 6.25" or 22.5cm x 16cm

This is an antique print not a modern copy or reproduction and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print, please view the scans as they form part of the description.

1900 is the printing date, the original date of creation can be earlier.

All prints will be sent bagged and in a boarded envelope for maximum protection.

While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item.

Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used)

CARSAIG ARCHES.
These are two natural archways in the cliffs of the south coast of the Island of Mull. The one in the foreground pierces an isolated rock about 120 feet high, which is crowned by a curious column of basalt, the arch itself being about 70 feet in height. The other forms a tunnel 150 feet long, and between 50 and 60 feet wide and high, through a huge projecting mass presenting a fine basaltic "colonnade." The cliff over this latter rises to a height of 983 feet above the sea, being, in fact, the highest sea-cliff anywhere in Scotland, except those of Hoy in the Orkneys and Foula in the Shetland Isles. There are freestone quarries close at hand, the stone from which appears to have been used for the buildings at Iona.