DEGLACIATION OF THE YOUNGER DRYAS OR LOCH-LOMOND STADIAL ICE-FIELD INTHE NORTHERN HIGHLANDS, SCOTLAND

When viewed from the air, Scottish 'hummocky moraine' can be resolved into a series of linear ridges that resemble those found at the margin s of actively retreating glaciers today. Recent work has supported the interpretation of these linear ridges as ice-marginal landforms and t he authors believe that the majority of 'hummocky moraine' deposits ca n be interpreted in this way. Consequently the pattern of deglaciation can be established fairly precisely from the pattern of linear ridges . This approach is applied to the landforms of the northern part of th e Loch Lomond Stadial ice-field in order to reconstruct the regional p attern of deglaciation. This leads to important inferences about the s ignificance of topographic control during deglaciation and more import antly it provides fresh insight into the environment of the British Is les during the Loch Lomond Stadial.