SCOTLAND’S EAST COAST
Segment 4
Locality 13 - North Berwick law
NT 5545 8394. ///corkscrew.flamenco.times
Early Carboniferous phonolitic trachyte volcanic plug. A standout glacial crag and tail feature, a disused quarry and magnificent views over the Firth of Forth.
Locality 14 - Ironstone Cove
NT 4636 8303. ///expanded.once.muted
Carboniferous Visean paralic Strathclyde Gp. sandstones, siltstones and mudstones. Sedimentary structures a-plenty. How many can you describe?
Locality 15 - Kilspindie
NT 4501 8033. ///storming.tenure.across
Carboniferous Visean (Brigantian) Hurlet Limestone. A prominent headland comprising crinoid, coral and brachiopod rich shallow marine limestones.
Locality 16 - Ferny Point
NT 4395 7752. ///numeral.rebounded.mushroom
Carboniferous age Gosford Bay olivine-analcime-dolerite sill. Sheet/columnar jointing, sediment rafts, ‘white trap’ metamorphism and a view of Arthur’s Seat.