SCOTLAND’S EAST COAST

Segment 43

Locality 169 - Sandy Geo

ND 3826 5503  ///joints.shut.topped

Middle Devonian Spital Flagstone Fm. Folded and faulted stacks of these interbedded lacustrine clastics.  Great location name too!!

Locality 170 - Ackergill Haven

ND 3583 5454  ///train.folks.stiletto

Middle Devonian Mey Flagstone Fm. Steeply folded and faulted interbedded fluvial clastics with late 15th Century vintage Ackergill Tower in the distance.

Locality 171 - Keiss Castle

ND 3557 6147  ///emphasis.storeroom.broached

Middle Devonian Mey Flagstone Fm. What can you say.  Fantastic outcrop of these finely interbedded fluvial clastics … and what a castle on the headland.

Locality 172 - Sgarbach

ND 3728 6370  ///tightest.name.leafing

Middle Devonian Spital Flagstone Fm. The best part of these incredibly finely bedded lacustrine sediment cliffs is the low angle fault.  Can you spot it?