Pressures on landscape sculptures
Landforms from our glacial past are irreplaceable, and can be destroyed by development, sand and gravel extraction or afforestation.
Landforms from our glacial past are irreplaceable, and can be destroyed by development, sand and gravel extraction or afforestation.
Many of Scotland’s landforms are relict features formed by processes that are no longer active today such as glaciation.
These landforms include moraines, eskers and drumlins, which often strongly influence the local landscape character.
Many caves also developed during the last Ice Age, often under processes of high water flow or altered sea levels that don’t occur today.
These natural ‘landscape sculptures’ may be:
Many caves (and also karst landforms) are vulnerable to:
NatureScot advises on the conservation of Scotland’s relict landforms.
Contact your local NatureScot area office.