A83 Tarbet – Lochgilphead – Kennacraig Trunk Road

Rest and Be Thankful Debris Slide Remediation

Geotechnical Desk Study

Appendix I - Soil And Land Capability Maps – Soil and Land Capability Maps Scotland TranServ ©2008

Key Soils in the area are all classified as “Strichen: Drifts derived from arenaceous schists and strongly metamorphosed argillaceous schists of the Dalradian Series

Soil type: Subalpine soils; some rankers and peat Topography: Mountains with gentle to very steep slopes; non-to very rocky Vegetation: Upland bent-fescue grassland, stiff sedge – fescue grassland, mountain heath communities.

Soil: Peaty gelys, peaty podzols, peaty rankers Topography: Hill sides with strong to very steep slopes; moderately to very rocky Vegetation: Heath-rush – fescue grassland, Atlantic and Boreal heather moor

Soil: Peaty podzols, peaty gleys and peat Topography: Hummocky valley and slope moraines Vegetation: Atlantic and Boreal heather moor, heath-rush – fescue grassland, rush pastures, blanket bog

Scale: NTS

Appendix I – Soil Map (The Macaulay Institute for Soil Research)

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Site Location

A83 Tarbet – Lochgilphead – Kennacraig Trunk Road

Rest and Be Thankful Debris Slide Remediation

Geotechnical Desk Study

Appendix I - Soil And Land Capability Maps – Soil and Land Capability Maps Scotland TranServ ©2008

Key

Land capable of use only as rough grazings: Land in the division has high proportions of palatable herbage in the sward, principally better grasses, e.g. meadow grass-bent grassland, bent-fescue grasslands.

Land capable of use only as rough grazings: Moderate quality herbage such as white and lying bent grasslands, rush pastures and herb-rich moorlands or mosaics of high and low grazing values characterise land in the division.

Land capable of use only as rough grazings: The vegetation is dominated by plant communities with low grazing values, particularly heather moor, bog heather moor and blanket bog. Scale: NTS

Appendix I – Land Capability Map (The Macaulay Institute for Soil Research)

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