SCOTLAND’S EAST COAST

Segment 30

Locality 117 - Bow Fiddle Rock

NJ 4941 6885   ///overtones.publisher.inspected
Neoproterozoic Cullen Quartzite Fm.  Fantastic outcrop of folded and eroded metamorphosed marine sandstones. Also a great spot for birdwatching.

Locality 118 - Strathlene Cliffs

NJ 4563 6797   ///adopters.boards.paradise

Neoproterozoic Cullen Quartzite Fm.  Another outcrop of the light-coloured quartzites. On a good day you could believe that you were in the South of France!!

Locality 119 - Seatown

NJ 4126 6539  ///lectures.branching.tinny
Mid-Devonian Fochabers Sandstone Fm. Back in the Palaeozoic with these gently dipping red fluvial sandstones interbedded with breccias and conglomerates.

Locality 120 - Branderburgh

NJ 2291 7109   ///demotion.flattered.breath
Triassic Stotfield Cherty Rock Fm. Caliche (replaced by vuggy chert, calcite and galena) that’s unmistakeable on the coast and offshore in multiple boreholes.