Guest blog by Mark Sheridan
Karst. Sounds Gaelic but spelt in German. Karst. You can almost hear the sound of crumbling and cracking rock and grit in the word itself. It describes distinctive landscapes and rock formations created by the erosion of a soluble rock – limestone for instance – and is most evident in the mountains and glens of Assynt in the north west and round the coast past Cape Wrath to Durness.
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