Making Scotland’s Geology Accessible to All
Through regular blogs, fieldtrips/geotours & education
With a sprinkling of structural geology, rock fractures and cultural curiosities, venturing outside of Scotland occasionally.
Deformation bands, Arran, Scotland
A short hop from the road at Cowie Shore on the Isle of Arran, these easily accessible sandstone outcrops of Permian age are host to spectacular networks of deformation bands.
Limekiln and Geology at Boddin Point
What a fascinating history there is here at Boddin Point, Montrose, Scotland. In the 18th C an entrepreneur took advantage of the limestone outcrops here to site a limeworks to be able to extract lime for use on fields to boost crop yield.