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Inverness
Y
X
Pitlochry
N
chlorite
Oban
biotite
garnet
staurolite
Edinburgh
kyanite
Glasgow
sillimanite
andalusite (NE
Scotland only)
0
50 km
Figure A9.2
A map of the Scottish Highlands, showing the distribution of Barrow metamorphic zones (and the
low-pressure Buchan andalusite zone in the northeast). One of the classic transects where the metamorphic zones
were fi rst mapped by George Barrow, Glen Esk, is marked by the line XY.
