SCOTLAND’S EAST COAST

Segment 40

Locality 157 - Berriedale Beach

ND 1212 2260   ///flesh.tidal.pies

Middle Devonian Berriedale Sandstone Fm. Low cliff section of red, arkosic, micaceous, fluvial channel sandstones with cross-bedding and ripples.

Locality 158 - Craig a'Ghaill

ND 1607 2880   ///jaundice.clock.browser

Middle Devonian Berriedale Sandstone Fm. Stacks and caves of these arkosic sandstones interbedded with rippled siltstones rich in dessication cracks.

Locality 159 - Portormin Head

ND 1682 2929  ///sharpens.roofed.sprouts

Middle Devonian Berriedale Sandstone Fm. Complex cliff outcrop with faulting and near vertical beds separating Berriedale Sandstones from Lybster Flags.

Locality 160 - The Bromach

ND 1910 3202   ///cult.plod.shut

Middle Devonian Berriedale Sandstone Fm. Small stack of landward dipping interbedded clastics. Also visit the picturesque bridge on the way to the beach.