SCOTLAND’S EAST COAST
Segment 5
Locality 17 - Wrecked Craigs
NT 4080 7610 ///daisy.corporate.paves
Carboniferous Passage Fm. and Upper Limestone Fm. clastics and carbonates. Sedimentary features, folds, faults and the Port Seton-Spittal dyke.
Locality 18 - Prestonpans
NT 3815 7429 ///hunter.sectors.upwardly
Carboniferous (basal Namurian) Limestone Coal Fm. paralic clastics, coals and carbonates. The fun is in the lithology spotting on the houses. Stone used well.
Locality 19 - Joppa
NT 3199 7347 ///hiking.fixed.tester
Steeply dipping Carboniferous Upper Limestone Fm., Castlecary Limestone, Passage Fm. and Lower Coal Measures Fm. clastics, coals and carbonates.
Locality 20 - Salisbury Crags & Arthur's Seat
NT 2726 7276 ///panel.lift.grin
Magnificent Carboniferous microgabbro sill, the Lion’s Haunch vent agglomerate, Hutton’s Section and Our Dynamic Earth. A classic!!