SCOTLAND’S EAST COAST

Segment 44

Locality 173 - Freswick Bay

ND 3787 6711  ///disgraced.quest.duties

Middle Devonian Mey Flagstone Fm. Gently dipping sand rich fluvial sediments with excellent channeling and abundant cross bedding in a wide sandy bay.

Locality 174 - Duncansby Stacks

ND 4003 7248  ///eliminate.cove.blur

Middle Devonian John o’Groats Sandstone Fm. Iconic sea stacks of these thick red fluvial sandstones looking a lot like a certain ‘sorting hat’.

Locality 175 - Duncansby Head

ND 4044 7277  ///expressed.shortcuts.hydrant

Middle Devonian Mey Flagstone Fm. Magnificent cliffs and sea stacks of these fluvial sediments at the most north-easterly point in our journey.

Locality 176 - Knocking Stone

ND 3838 7347  ///volcano.scaffold.folks

Middle Devonian John o’Groats Sandstone Fm. Lovely spherical weathering in these red interbedded fluvio-lacustrine limestones and sandstones.