SCOTLAND’S EAST COAST
Segment 11
Locality 41 - Dysart Harbour
NT 3015 9284 ///plot.loitering.swelling
Carboniferous Lower Coal Measures Fm. clastics. Lovely cross-section through this sand-rich interval. Visiting in the morning illuminates the section best.
Locality 42 - West Wemyss
NT 3237 9468 ///vertical.chiefs.snacking
Carboniferous Lower Coal Measures Fm. clastics. Moving up through the Coal Measures and getting redder. Stacked sandstones in a quaint harbour.
Locality 43 - Lundin Links
NO 4124 0238 ///twitchy.bathtubs.calm
Carboniferous Upper and Middle Coal Measures Fms. Gently dipping paralic clastics but most notable for stunning sandstone rich fault breccias.
Locality 44 - Kincraig
NO 4629 0029 ///ratty.boring.bets
Carboniferous to Permian Plug & Vent Suite. Crudely bedded diatreme-fill lapilli-tuffs and breccias with a distinctive greenish colour (chloritisation of pyroxenes).