SCOTLAND’S EAST COAST
Segment 23

Locality 89 - Girdle Ness
NJ 9727 0540 ///locker.ocean.smoke
Neoproterozoic Aberdeen Fm. Lovely outcrop of metasediments with more migmatites. Also a must see … dolphins fishing at the mouth of the River Dee.

Locality 90 - Rubislaw Quarry
NJ 9104 0536 ///longer.happy.dawn
Ordovician Aberdeen Pluton. Flooded 142m deep quarry that once provided stone for Aberdeen’s mansions, Waterloo Bridge and the Palace of Westminster.

Locality 91 - Brig o'Balgownie
NJ 9412 0960 ///frock.detect.arch
Devonian Brig o’Balgownie and Neoproterozoic Aberdeen Fms. Here you can find Devonian clastics unconformably overlying steeply dipping metasediments.

Locality 92 - Skelly Rock
NJ 9669 1445 ///begin.scrapping.stunts
Devonian Brig o’Balgownie Fm. Best at low tide … this fantastic outcrop of conglomerates and sandstones sits next to a firing range (beware).