SCOTLAND’S EAST COAST
Segment 14
Locality 53 - Maiden's Rock
NO 5264 1579 ///alerting.passenger.overlaid
Carboniferous Sandy Craig and Pittenweem Fms. Complex folding and faulting of these fluvio-deltaic sediments around the Dura Den/Maiden’s Craig faults.
Locality 54 - Long/Step Rocks
NO 5077 1728 ///limitless.headers.dried
Carboniferous Pittenweem Fm. Wonderful beach/cliff outcrop of these paralic sediments as well as the home of golf. Don’t forget to play the “Himalayas”.
Locality 55 - Lundin Bridge
NO 4676 2789 ///overheat.under.shifters
Devonian Scone Sandstone Fm. We hit the Devonian again, just a shame the first outcrops in this river bed are so poor. Much better to come !!!
Locality 56 - Cradle Rock
NO 4478 2935 ///campsites.goofy.distilled
Early Devonian Ochil Volcanic Fm. Multicoloured andesitic and basaltic lavas, fantastic lighthouses and great views across the “silvery Tay” to Dundee.