Support the building of the Deep Time Trail at Siccar Point

The Scottish Geology Trust have launched a Crowdfunder to raise funds to install a Deep Time Trail at Siccar Point.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point

At present, visitors to Siccar Point are presented with a poorly-defined path and a small info-board; we believe that such a historically important site, and its visitors, deserve better. To that end, the Edinburgh Geological Society is working with the Scottish Geology Trust and the James Hutton Institute to install a Deep Time Trail at the site, in time to celebrate Hutton’s Tercentenary in June 2026.

The Crowdfunder is aiming to raise at least £75,000, which is around half of the costs of installing the trail. Ideally, we will exceed this goal, allowing us to kick-start the subsequent phases of work at Siccar Point, with a long-term view to installing steps down the steep slope and making the unconformity more safely accessible.

The Scottish Geology Trust, Edinburgh Geological Society and The James Hutton Institute are launching a fundraising campaign to develop a ‘Deep Time Trail’ at Siccar Point. This public trail will celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of James Hutton in 2026, allowing access to this internationally important site.

The campaign offers a variety of unique rewards to thank donors for their support, including beautiful facsimile copies of Hutton’s 29 ‘Lost Drawings’. These were designed to be included in volumes of Hutton’s Theory of the Earth, but remained unpublished. They were rediscovered in 1968 and provide a remarkable visual record of Hutton’s theory and his understanding of the geology of Scotland.

Please donate: click here for more information www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point