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At the junction of the heads of Strath-Bran, Glen Docharty, and Glen Carron, and in the immediate neighbourhood of Achnasheen Station on the Dingwall and Skye Railway, are to be seen, on the south-west side of the line, extensive terraces of sand and gravel, rising in three distinct flat-topped tiers resting against the hill Leanach, which forms the abutting angle into the junction of the above straths. The situation of these terraces exactly on the watershed of the country adds an additional interest to them. The base of the terraces rests on the 500 feet contour line, and their highest levels on the 600 feet contour. They run along the railway line, which, indeed, cuts through them in one place on both sides, and are seen to enclose a wide area of meadow land, through which the Bran, issuing out of Loch Chroisg, meanders, until it is seen some two miles to the east of Achnasheen, cutting through and forming a gap in a ridge running across the strath, which coalesces with the terraces on the south side of the valley. The aspect of this basin suggests at once the former existence of a lake, to which these terraces were beach margins. Indeed, if the 600 contour be followed, it will be seen sweeping along that ridge through which the Bran flows, and enclosing to the west the area now partially occupied by Loch Chroisg, Loch Gown, and Loch Sgamhaich, near the head of Glen Carron. At the head of