South of Balintore, Jurassic foreshore ledges at Port-an-Righ and Cadh’-an-Righ lie against Devonian sandstone along the Great Glen fault system. Oysters and belemnites occur here, while red-weathering ironstone nodules preserve ammonites. The best exposures depend on low tides and the shifting cover of sand and shingle.
FIND FREQUENCY: ♦♦ – Variable. Sand and shingle often conceal the productive beds; freshly exposed ironstone can be much richer than the surrounding shale.
CHILDREN: ♦♦ – A long, uneven, tidal shore walk rather than a family collecting beach.
ACCESS: ♦♦♦ – Approach south from Balintore and Shandwick; the principal geological sections lie roughly 3 km south of the village and need a carefully timed return.
TYPE: Jurassic clay, shale, siltstone and ironstone on the foreshore, faulted against Devonian cliffs. Collecting arrangements must be checked before taking specimens.
DIRECTIONS
♦ Head through Balintore towards its south-western edge and Shandwick. The original approach follows the road near the houses to the bend where it turns north-west, then takes the path down the grassy bank to the shore. If using roadside parking, obey current signs and keep entrances and passing places clear.
♦ Continue south along the coast towards Port-an-Righ. The original guide describes just under 2 km from the southern end of the bay to the first Jurassic exposures; the geological sections are about 3.2 km south of Balintore village. Plan this as a substantial there-and-back shore walk.
♦ Port-an-Righ (NH 854 734) and Cadh’-an-Righ (NH 851 727) are separate exposures about 500 m apart. Continue only while both the outward route and return remain safe; key beds are accessible only around low water.
♦ Original locality reference: 57.73444°N, 3.92790°W. This identifies the geological shore, not a parking space. The route and parking arrangements have not been recently field-checked.
FOSSIL HUNTING
Look at the low foreshore exposures south of the village rather than expecting the sandy village beach or the Devonian cliff faces to yield the Jurassic fauna described here. Sand and pebbles can hide much of the sequence, and one visit may reveal little while another exposes fossil-bearing ledges. Start by examining naturally weathered surfaces and photographing fossils in place. Before removing even loose specimens, agree the intended collecting with the landowner and check the protected-site arrangements described under ACCESS RIGHTS.
The most distinctive fossil-bearing rock is the Port-an-Righ Ironstone: muddy sediment containing bands of red-weathering nodules. This is the source of many of the better-preserved ammonites. Curved ribbing and the edge of a coiled shell may be visible on a weathered nodule surface or in an existing broken fragment. The ammonite assemblage includes Cardioceras and Perisphinctes; the lower ironstone beds contain such recorded forms as Cardioceras (Subvertebriceras) densiplicatum and Goliathiceras (Goliathites) capax. A partial coil is not enough for a confident species identification, so retain photographs of its shape, ribbing and matrix.
Bivalves are an important part of the locality’s fauna, not merely companions to the ammonites. The ironstone records Cucullaea, Modiolus and the oyster Gryphaea dilatata. In the Shandwick Siltstone, Pinna and Pleuromya can occur in the positions in which they lived within the sediment. These in-place shells are particularly useful to observe and record without disturbing them. The overlying Port-an-Righ Siltstone has shell-rich horizons containing Cucullaea and Oxytoma, although much of this member is less obviously fossiliferous and ammonites are uncommon.
Cadh’-an-Righ exposes the older part of the succession. Its dark, bituminous shale is relatively sparsely fossiliferous, but thin silty layers contain the solid guards of Cylindroteuthis belemnites. Lingula, fish debris and occasional Kosmoceras ammonites are recorded. At the base, the Brora Roof Bed contains a belemnite concentration, coalified pieces of wood and poorly preserved bivalves, including Pleuromya uniformis and Ctenostreon. The underlying coal-bearing rocks also provide the setting for the guide’s historic reports of plant material; this does not imply that every dark fragment is an identifiable plant fossil.
The grey-green Shandwick Clay is useful for understanding changes through time, even when visible fossils are sparse. Small Nuculoma bivalves and occasional ammonites occur, while pyritic burrow fills and carbonaceous bands can be more conspicuous than complete shells. The recorded succession passes from Callovian Quenstedtoceras into Oxfordian Cardioceras. A fossil found loose among pebbles or in a pool has lost its precise bed position: record the findspot and matrix, but do not assign it to the nearest ledge solely because of its location.
Younger ammonites have also been recorded in loose limestone nodules from this coast. They help establish the presence of younger Jurassic rocks, but their source is less straightforward than that of the measured Callovian–Oxfordian section. Keep loose-nodule finds distinct from specimens observed in a particular bed. Photograph an unusual specimen before any preparation, record its circumstances carefully and seek specialist advice if it may add to the site’s scientific record.
A chronological record of fossil studies, stratigraphic research and conservation milestones at Balintore, Port-an-Righ and Cadh’-an-Righ.
1829 – First published geological description
Roderick Murchison described the shore exposures, comparing the stepped ledges produced by alternating hard and soft beds with the seats of an ancient theatre. This is the earliest published description identified for the locality.
1873 – A foundation for later stratigraphic work
John Wesley Judd’s account established important details of the local Jurassic succession. His observations included the coal-bearing beds beneath the marine sequence, which later studies reassessed using modern formation names.
1923–1925 – Ammonites and the succession studied
Sydney Savory Buckman examined Balintore ammonites and helped develop the early interpretation of the beds. A Balintore ammonite now catalogued as holotype GSE3098 was illustrated in his 1923 work. Its precise collecting bed is not recorded in the catalogue, so it cannot be assigned to one of the measured foreshore beds.
1925 – Geological Survey account
George William Lee described the Jurassic succession, using units then recognised at Brora to interpret the Balintore exposures. Later revisions retained the local observations while changing their lithostratigraphic classification.
1933 – Oxfordian ammonites placed in a wider framework
William Joscelyn Arkell discussed the Balintore ammonite fauna. The distinctive siltstone units and fossil assemblages helped establish the locality’s place in the Scottish Oxfordian succession.
1974 – Coastal geological interest protected
The Castlecraig to Shandwick coast was first notified as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. This was the precursor designation covering this part of the coast before the later combined SSSI.
1975 – Local members and measured sections revised
R.M. Sykes defined and revised the units exposed at Cadh’-an-Righ and Port-an-Righ. His measured sections linked lithology, ammonite horizons and changing marine conditions, providing the basis for subsequent detailed accounts.
1979 – Maltonense boundary defined at Balintore
Sykes and John H. Callomon placed the base of the Maltonense Subzone immediately below bed 4b in the Port-an-Righ Ironstone. The fossiliferous transition from the Vertebrale to Maltonense assemblages made the locality an important reference section for Middle Oxfordian ammonite correlation.
1987 – Present SSSI notified
On 9 June, the coast became part of the Rosemarkie to Shandwick Coast SSSI. The Callovian geology at Cadh’-an-Righ is one of the designated site’s named scientific interests.
1989 – Depositional setting reassessed
A.M. MacLennan and N.H. Trewin included Cadh’-an-Righ in their study of the Middle Jurassic coastal and marine deposits. Comparison with Brora helped explain the unusually thin, muddy succession and its interruptions in sedimentation.
2001–2002 – Detailed conservation-review accounts
Separate assessments documented the Oxfordian rocks at Balintore and the Callovian section at Cadh’-an-Righ. Together they recorded the fossil-bearing beds, ammonite levels and the scientific value of preserving both parts of the succession.
2003 – Fault-related mineralisation investigated
R. Jonk and colleagues examined calcite-cemented faults at Port-an-Righ as part of a study of Jurassic faulting and fluid flow. Their account described Kimmeridgian host rocks, an age attribution that needs to be distinguished from the established Callovian–Oxfordian measured section.
2005 – Microscopic fossils refine correlation
James B. Riding studied organic-walled microfossils from the Brora–Balintore succession. At Balintore the first recorded occurrence of the dinoflagellate cyst Scriniodinium crystallinum was early Oxfordian, later than its late Callovian appearance in parts of England and Germany. This demonstrated the care needed when correlating the succession using microfossils.
2012 – Five-member Balintore Formation adopted
A revised stratigraphic framework brought the local succession from the Cadh’-an-Righ Shale to the Port-an-Righ Siltstone into an expanded Balintore Formation. This replaced the older division of the same rocks between three formations.
2014 – Regional hierarchy formally revised
A.J.M. Barron and James B. Riding published a dedicated lithostratigraphic revision retaining the five local members and placing the Balintore and underlying Brora Coal formations in the Sutherland Group.
GEOLOGY
The shore south of Balintore exposes a narrow strip of Jurassic sedimentary rocks against much older Devonian Old Red Sandstone. Faults belonging to the Great Glen system bring these contrasting rocks together. At Cadh’-an-Righ the Jurassic beds dip steeply seawards, at about 70°, while the Port-an-Righ section is more gently inclined. The resistant beds form low ridges and ledges; softer clay and shale are more easily worn down or buried by modern beach material. The Devonian cliff face and the fossil-bearing Jurassic foreshore therefore belong to different parts of the geological history.
The principal marine succession is now called the Balintore Formation, within the Sutherland Group. About 68 m is represented at its type section, with the top unseen. It spans the Callovian and Oxfordian stages of the Jurassic; the often-quoted 53 m refers only to the Lower and Middle Oxfordian portion, rather than a second or additional formation thickness. The older Brora Coal Formation lies beneath it. A sharp break above the coal, followed by the burrowed marine sandstone of the Brora Roof Bed, records a major change from coal-bearing coastal conditions to the open sea.
Marine mud accumulated during much of the earlier part of the sequence. The bituminous Cadh’-an-Righ Shale records periods of reduced oxygen at the seabed, while the overlying Shandwick Clay contains burrows, nodules and sparse fossils that reveal changing conditions within the sediment. Ammonites show that the Callovian–Oxfordian boundary lies inside the Shandwick Clay, not at a formation boundary. Compared with Brora, the Callovian rocks here are much thinner and finer grained. Published interpretations relate this to a more offshore, sediment-starved setting and to breaks in deposition.
The succession becomes siltier upwards. Alternating more and less calcareous beds in the Shandwick Siltstone preserve bivalves that lived within the seabed. Above them, the Port-an-Righ Ironstone is only 2.2 m thick but contains a rich ammonite record, including the transition between two Middle Oxfordian subzones. Its red-weathering nodules are conspicuous because iron-bearing minerals alter near the surface. The succeeding Port-an-Righ Siltstone contains repeated changes from finer sediment to muddy sandstone, showing recurring shifts in the supply of sand and silt to the marine basin.
Younger Jurassic material requires separate treatment. Older accounts inferred Upper Oxfordian and Kimmeridgian beds offshore from ammonites in loose limestone nodules. A later structural study described Kimmeridgian mudstone and limestone exposed at Port-an-Righ. These observations do not justify turning the measured Balintore Formation into a Kimmeridgian sequence, nor a categorical claim that Kimmeridgian rock is absent onshore. The detailed section below keeps the securely measured succession separate from the younger evidence and its unresolved exposure limits.
The two complementary chart panels divide one succession at the top of the Shandwick Clay: the first covers the coal-bearing base and lower marine beds, and the second the upper siltstone and ironstone members. Bed numbers follow the published Oxfordian section; the charts are schematic, and row heights do not represent measured thickness.
Detailed stratigraphy of the Balintore shore, including the five members, fossil horizons and differences between older and modern classifications.
The account runs from older to younger rocks. Thicknesses refer to the published Balintore, Port-an-Righ and Cadh’-an-Righ sections, not the much thicker sequence at Brora. Bed numbers 1a–6 follow the Oxfordian account; unnumbered Callovian horizons are identified by their measured position. Exposure varies with tide and beach cover.
SUTHERLAND GROUP
The Brora Coal Formation and the expanded Balintore Formation are both assigned to this group. The group’s regional thickness must not be treated as a measured thickness at Balintore. Offshore correlations with the Beatrice Formation of the Fladen Group are comparisons with another stratigraphic scheme, not an additional local parent unit.
Brora Coal Formation
Coal-bearing strata beneath the marine Balintore Formation belong to the Brora Coal Formation. Its base is not seen here, so its complete local thickness is unknown. The detailed Doll Member beds measured at Brora cannot be transferred to this shore.
Inverbrora Member
Approximately 3 m has been observed locally beneath the coal. A historical account reported at least 36 feet, quoted as about 10 m in the later revision. These are differing observations, not measurements to add together. They do not establish that the full regional member is exposed at Balintore.
Brora Coal Bed and the marine contact. A thin coal seam caps the older formation at Cadh’-an-Righ. The 2014 revision’s local comparison gives a value of 20 cm, although the sentence is awkwardly phrased; it is best treated as a reported local value rather than a fresh measurement. The coal’s eroded and bored upper surface is followed by the Brora Roof Bed. This sharp, non-sequential contact separates the Brora Coal Formation from the Balintore Formation: the Roof Bed belongs to the latter.
Balintore Formation
The expanded formation comprises five members, totalling about 68 m at the type locality with the top unseen. The 2012 framework and 2014 revision replaced the former local division between the Brora Argillaceous, Brora Arenaceous and narrowly defined Balintore formations. Open-marine fossils occur throughout, including ammonites and bivalves, with belemnites, brachiopods, gastropods and marine microfossils. Dinoflagellate cysts are generally abundant and diverse. The published age range is Callovian to Oxfordian, from the Koenigi Zone to the Tenuiserratum Zone or younger.
Cadh’-an-Righ Shale Member — 4.2 m including the Roof Bed
Brora Roof Bed — 0.5 m. Intensely burrowed, medium-grained sandstone forms the basal marine bed. A concentration of Cylindroteuthis belemnites and coalified wood clasts occurs near its top; the wood pieces reach about 0.20 m across. Poorly preserved bivalves lower in the bed include Pleuromya uniformis, Ctenostreon and pectinids. This sandstone is included within the member’s 4.2 m total, not added to it.
Bituminous shale — 3.7 m thick, overlying the Roof Bed. Dark fissile shale contains thin glauconitic silt layers. Its basal 0.05 m includes laminae of sand reworked from the Roof Bed with glauconite. Fossils are generally sparse: Lingula, fish debris, occasional Kosmoceras and Cylindroteuthis, the latter concentrated in silty beds. Just above the Roof Bed, Kosmoceras (Gulielmiceras) medea indicates the Medea Subzone of the Middle Callovian Jason Zone.
Concretionary horizon — 1.3 m above the shale base. A band of calcitic concretions, 0.05–0.30 m thick, has cone-in-cone margins in places and encloses smaller phosphatic nodules containing sponge spicules. Immediately above it, Kosmoceras (Zugokosmokeras) grossouvrei and Kosmoceras (Lobokosmokeras) phaeinum indicate a level close to the Coronatum–Athleta boundary. The change in ammonite age supports a break in deposition at the band. The 1.3 m value is its position, not its thickness.
Shandwick Clay Member — about 28 m
The lower approximately 24 m consists of burrowed grey-green clay, with limestone nodules near the base, pyritic burrows and carbonaceous debris. The upper 4.1 m is sandy silt. These rounded figures describe one member; the approximately 11 m Callovian portion in the older account is not its full thickness. The junction with the underlying shale is interburrowed. The clay assemblages have low diversity; Nuculoma and Pleuromya are the more common bivalves, with occasional ammonites.
Callovian ammonite levels and the stage boundary. At 3.5 m above the member base, Kosmoceras (Kosmoceras) cf. tidmoorense indicates the Spinosum Subzone of the Athleta Zone to the Henrici Subzone of the Lamberti Zone. Quenstedtoceras lamberti at 9.7 m identifies the Lamberti Zone and Subzone. At 12.3 m, Cardioceras (Scarburgiceras) scarburgense establishes the basal Oxfordian Scarburgense Subzone of the Mariae Zone. These are heights in the member, not the thicknesses of three separate beds.
Bed 1a — approximately 5 m, Oxfordian Mariae Zone. Grey-green clay contains pyrite-filled burrows and bands of carbonaceous debris. Nuculoma is recorded, with sporadic ammonites including Cardioceras (Scarburgiceras) scarburgense. This is the basal part of the published Oxfordian log, continuing upwards from the Callovian clay.
Bed 1b — approximately 8 m, Bukowskii Subzone. Grey-green clay with carbonaceous bands yields Cardioceras (Scarburgiceras) bukowskii. The broader interpretation also suggests a possible Praecordatum interval within the clay succession, but does not support a separately measured bed for it here.
Bed 2a — 2.6 m, Bukowskii Subzone. Burrowed sandy silt with Cardioceras marks the change to the sandier upper part of the member.
Bed 2b — 1.5 m, Costicardia Subzone. Similar burrowed sandy silt contains Cardioceras (Cardioceras) costicardia, Cardioceras (Vertebriceras) quadrarium and Cardioceras (Vertebriceras) cf. altumeratum. Beds 2a and 2b together form the 4.1 m upper sandy interval, already included in the member total.
Shandwick Siltstone Member — 12.1 m
Bed 3a — 9.7 m, Costicardia Subzone. Alternating more and less calcareous siltstone overlies a basal sandy siltstone. Pinna and Pleuromya are the commonest bivalves and may retain their life positions; Cardioceras is also recorded. This 9.7 m is a bed thickness, entirely separate from the 9.7 m-high ammonite horizon in the Shandwick Clay below.
Bed 3b — 2.4 m, Cordatum Subzone. Alternations of more and less calcareous siltstone continue, with Cardioceras. Beds 3a and 3b make up the member total. Older accounts placed this member in the Brora Arenaceous Formation; it is now within the Balintore Formation.
Port-an-Righ Ironstone Member — 2.2 m
Bed 4a — 1.7 m, Vertebrale Subzone. Sandy clay contains several bands of red-weathering nodular ironstone. Cucullaea is common, accompanied by Modiolus and Gryphaea dilatata. The rich ammonite fauna includes Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) helenae, Cardioceras (Scoticardioceras) excavatum, Cardioceras (Subvertebriceras) densiplicatum, Cardioceras (Subvertebriceras) zenaidae and Goliathiceras (Goliathites) capax.
Bed 4b — 0.50 m, Maltonense Subzone. Sandy clay is capped by a prominent red-weathering nodular ironstone. Recorded ammonites include Cardioceras (Maltoniceras) schellwieni, Cardioceras (Maltoniceras) maltonense, Cardioceras (Maltoniceras) vagum, Cardioceras (Cawtoniceras) cawtonense, Cardioceras (Subvertebriceras) zenaidae, Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) cf. antecedens and Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) vorda. The base of the Maltonense Subzone was defined immediately below this bed.
Ironstone character and condensation. Older descriptions call the nodules chamosite–siderite ironstone, while the modern framework describes glauconitic limestone in muddy glauconitic sand; a recent synthesis uses berthierine–siderite terminology. These descriptions concern the same thin, iron-rich member, not three superimposed units. Its fossil-rich beds record a condensed interval during marine transgression. The nodular fabric has been interpreted as possibly resulting from diagenetic alteration of Thalassinoides burrows, but this remains an interpretation rather than a demonstrated origin for every loose nodule.
Port-an-Righ Siltstone Member — 21.7 m seen
Bed 5 — 16 m, Tenuiserratum interval. Dark, coarse, bituminous siltstone forms repeated units 0.1–1.8 m thick, each coarsening upwards towards fine muddy sandstone. Certain horizons contain abundant but low-diversity Cucullaea and Oxytoma. Ammonites are rare and include Perisphinctes, Cardioceras (Maltoniceras) highworthensis, Cardioceras (Subvertebriceras) zenaidae and Cardioceras (Miticardioceras) tenuiserratum.
Bed 6 — 5.7 m seen. Fine-grained muddy sandstone forms a prominent low-water feature. This is the uppermost exposed bed of the measured formation, whose top is not visible before the strata pass beneath the sea. The 5.7 m is part of the 21.7 m member, not an additional unit above it.
Younger nodules and the Kimmeridgian question. Loose limestone nodules with Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) dichotomus and Amoeboceras aff. serratum were used to infer Upper Oxfordian Serratum Zone beds offshore. Regional accounts likewise cite Pictonia baylei nodules as evidence of Kimmeridgian strata. Jonk and colleagues subsequently described Kimmeridgian mudstone and limestone with calcite-cemented faults exposed at Port-an-Righ. The sources differ in purpose and exposure description, and do not provide a securely reconciled measured connection to bed 6. No extra formation thickness or precise younger contact is assigned here.
Reading older and newer accounts. The detailed bed descriptions retain the fossil names and qualifiers used in the source sections; they are not a new taxonomic revision. The 2024 synthesis contains member-count and unit-label inconsistencies, so the five-member 2012/2014 framework is followed here. Likewise, the reference to “Early Oxfordian” nodules above the younger measured sequence in the framework cannot be used to overturn the explicitly Upper Oxfordian ammonite evidence. Approximate totals and bed measurements are kept at their published precision rather than forced into a falsely exact sum.
References
Barron, A.J.M., Lott, G.K. and Riding, J.B. (2012). Stratigraphical framework for the Middle Jurassic strata of Great Britain and the adjoining continental shelf. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/11/06, section 7.1.5.
Barron, A.J.M. and Riding, J.B. (2014). A revision of the Jurassic (Bathonian to Oxfordian) lithostratigraphy of the onshore Moray Firth Basin, north-east Scotland. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 125.
Wright, J.K. (2001). Balintore, in Wright and Cox, British Upper Jurassic Stratigraphy. Geological Conservation Review 21, 188–191.
Page, K.N. (2002). Cadh’-an-Righ, in Cox and Sumbler, British Middle Jurassic Stratigraphy. Geological Conservation Review 26, 376–379.
Jonk, R. and colleagues (2003). The structural and diagenetic evolution of injected sandstones: examples from the Kimmeridgian of NE Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 160, 881–894.
Morton, N. and colleagues (2024). Jurassic: Pangaea break-up and birth of the Atlantic Ocean. The Geology of Scotland, fifth edition, 379–412.
British Geological Survey. Jurassic, Northern Highlands of Scotland, regional account.
SAFETY
Check tide times and sea conditions before setting out, and allow a generous margin for the return. The tide reaches high up the beach, while important beds are exposed only at low water. Do not continue around an obstacle if the same route may be covered on your return; calm conditions at the village do not guarantee a safe route along the more exposed shore.
Sloping beds, seaweed, loose boulders and rock pools make progress slow and slippery. Wear footwear with good grip, keep clear of unstable cliff faces and do not climb the steep slopes to avoid the tide. Carry a charged phone, water and suitable weather protection, and tell someone your route and expected return time.
EQUIPMENT
A hand lens, camera, notebook and scale are the most useful tools for an initial visit. Take tide information and a map that can be used without a mobile signal. If collecting has been agreed, bring individual wrapping, small labels and rigid boxes for fragile shale or exposed shell surfaces. A pick, hammer or chisel should not be treated as routine equipment here: any sampling or work on the exposures needs to fit the landowner’s agreement and the SSSI consent arrangements.
CLEANING AND TREATING
For specimens collected with permission, keep each fossil with its locality and bed information. Allow wet material to dry slowly at room temperature and begin with gentle dry brushing. Clay and fissile shale can split or disintegrate when soaked, so avoid washing an entire specimen merely to remove its coating. Where marine salts or pyrite are a concern, seek preparation advice rather than trying an improvised chemical treatment.
Ironstone and limestone nodules can be much harder than the preserved shell. Do not force the matrix away or use household acids, bleach or varnish; these can destroy detail or make later study difficult. Leave an unusual ammonite or a potentially important specimen unprepared until it has been assessed. Fragile specimens may need carefully controlled consolidation, but routine coating is unnecessary.
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FURTHER READING
Balintore: the Oxfordian section and its ammonites
Cadh’-an-Righ: the Callovian section
BGS Lexicon: Balintore Formation
NatureScot: Rosemarkie to Shandwick Coast SSSI
ACCESS RIGHTS
The Port-an-Righ and Cadh’-an-Righ shore described in this guide lies within the Rosemarkie to Shandwick Coast SSSI. Cadh’-an-Righ’s Callovian strata are specifically identified among its protected geological interests. Visiting the shore does not by itself give permission to remove fossils or work on the rocks.
Before collecting, agree the proposed activity with the landowner and, where relevant, the holder of the mineral rights. Separately, owners and occupiers need to ensure that the necessary NatureScot consent covers operations they carry out or permit. This site’s list includes removal of geological specimens, rock samples and fossils, mineral extraction, and alteration of natural features, including clearance of loose rock. Check the arrangements for the intended activity rather than assuming that a loose specimen is exempt. Current landowner permission for collecting has not been verified for this guide; until arrangements are clear, observe and photograph without removing material.
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