SCOTLAND’S EAST COAST

Segment 33

Locality 129 - Rosemarkie Bay

NH 7394 5815   ///crowd.cracker.numeral

Proterozoic Rosemarkie Metamorphic Complex. Great outcrop of these multicoloured gneisses close to the Great Glen Fault. Look at the shear fractures!

Locality 130 - Eathie Fishing Station

NH 7791 6350   ///bank.developer.amplifier

Mid Devonian Raddery Sandstone Fm. Outcrop of thick, basinward dipping yellow/red fluvial channel sandstones. Enjoy the spooky woods walk to get there.

Locality 131 - Eathie Shore

NH 7851 6412  ///sedative.sung.game

Mid Devonian Cromarty Fish Beds. Lacustrine limestones, siltstones and fish fossil rich nodules as described by Hugh Miller in ‘The Old Red Sandstone’.

Locality 132 - Little Rock - Cromarty

NH 8013 6733   ///sourcing.soccer.innocence

Mid Devonian Raddery Sandstone Fm. Steeply dipping red, cross bedded, fluvial sandstones a short distance from Hugh Miller’s Cottage.