Assynt 2008
Strath Vaich
Strath Vaich
Strath Vaich
Strath Vaich
Strath Vaich
Strath Vaich
Strath Vaich
Strath Vaich
Strath Vaich
Strath Vaich
Strath Vaich
Strath Vaich
Black Bridge, Strath Vaich
Knockan Visitor Centre
Knockan Visitor Centre
Knockan Visitor Centre
Knockan Visitor Centre
Inchnadamph
Inchnadamph
Inchnadamph
Inchnadamph
Inchnadamph
Inchnadamph
Inchnadamph
North of Skiag Bridge
North of Skiag Bridge
North of Skiag Bridge
North of Skiag Bridge
Lewisian Gneiss Complex, felsic gneiss with pods and bands of mafic and utramafic rock, shore of Loch Assynt, NC 2125 2507
ESE trending utramafic Scourie Dyke (norite), shore of Loch Assynt, NC 2125 2507
ESE trending utramafic Scourie Dyke (norite), shore of Loch Assynt, NC 2125 2507
ESE trending utramafic Scourie Dyke (norite), showing glacial striae, shore of Loch Assynt, NC 2125 2507
Shore of Loch Assynt, looking NW to Spidean Coinich, Quinag, NC 2125 2507
ESE trending utramafic Scourie Dyke (norite), showing glacial striae, shore of Loch Assynt, NC 2125 2507
ESE trending utramafic Scourie Dyke (norite), showing glacial striae, shore of Loch Assynt, NC 2125 2507
Group examining basal unconformity of the Diabaig Formation (Torridon Group) conglomerates and pebbly sandstones on Lewisian gneiss, roadside cutting, NC 2134 2516
Group examining basal unconformity of the Diabaig Formation (Torridon Group) conglomerates and pebbly sandstones on Lewisian gneiss, roadside cutting, NC 2134 2516
Basal unconformity of the Diabaig Formation (Torridon Group) conglomerates and pebbly sandstones on Lewisian gneiss, roadside cutting, NC 2134 2516
Basal unconformity of the Diabaig Formation (Torridon Group) conglomerates and pebbly sandstones on Lewisian gneiss, roadside cutting, NC 2134 2516
Group examining basal unconformity of the Diabaig Formation (Torridon Group) conglomerates and pebbly sandstones, the beds are truncated against a topographic high on Lewisian gneiss erosion surface, roadside cutting, NC 2175 2503
Group examining thickest development of the Diabaig Formation (Torridon Group), roadside cutting, NC 2183 2499
Basal Quartzite Member of the Eriboll Formation, roadside cutting at NC 2308 2453; John Mendum with Bob Morley
Looking east towards Ben More Assynt from near Skiag Bridge, Loch Assynt
Pipe Rock Member, Eriboll Formation, roadside cutting NC 2349 2440
Fucoid Beds Member, Eriboll Formation, roadside cutting NC 2359 2423, looking north-west, Quinag in the background
Looking south-east from road at c. NC 236 2426 to Ardvreck Castle, Loch Assynt
Looking south-east from road at c. NC 236 2426 towards Ben More Assynt
Looking north-west from road at c. NC 236 2426 towards Quinag
Loch Glencoul from near Kylesku
Loch Glencoul from near Kylesku
Loch Glencoul from boat
Loch Glencoul from boat
Baskiing seals in Loch Glencoul
Baskiing seals in Loch Glencoul
Loch Glencoul
Loch Glencoul
Loch Glencoul
Loch Glencoul
Loch Glencoul
Loch Glencoul
Returning to Kylesku on boat in Loch Glencoul
Returning to Kylesku on boat in Loch Glencoul
Knockan Crag excursion
Knockan Crag excursion
Knockan Crag excursion
Knockan Crag excursion
Knockan Crag excursion
Knockan Crag excursion
Knockan Crag excursion
Knockan Crag excursion
Knockan Crag excursion
Knockan Crag excursion
Knockan Crag excursion
Knockan Crag excursion
Knockan Crag excursion
Knockan Crag excursion
Knockan Crag excursion
Knockan Crag excursion
Knockan Crag excursion
Knockan Crag excursion
Traligill valley, above Inchnadamph
View of the Traligill Thrust, looking southwards along the dry valley of the River Traligill, pale grey Eilean Dubh Formation dolostones dip SW under dark grey dolostones of the Ghrudaidh Formation, above Inchnadamph, NC 2693 2112
Dryas Octopetala in Traligill valley, above Inchnadamph
Dryas Octopetala in Traligill valley, above Inchnadamph
Dryas Octopetala in Traligill valley, above Inchnadamph
Lower Traligill Cave, Traligill valley, above Inchnadamph, NC 2706 2089
Lower Traligill Cave, Traligill valley, above Inchnadamph, NC 2706 2089
Dryas Octopetala in Traligill valley, above Inchnadamph
Dryas Octopetala in Traligill valley, above Inchnadamph
View of Suilven, Cul Mor, Stac Pollaidh from road North of Loch Osgaig (Enard Bay excursion)
Group heading N from roadside at end of Loch Osgaig, looking towards Achnahaird Bay (Enard Bay excursion)
Southern inlet of Achnahaird Bay, looking S (Enard Bay excursion)
Southern inlet of Achnahaird Bay, looking W (Enard Bay excursion)
Group arriving to examine the Meall Dearg Formation, Stoer Group, Achnahaird Bay, looking N (Enard Bay excursion)
Planar cross-bedded sandstone of Meall Dearg Formation, Stoer Group, Achnahaird Bay, looking N, NC 0215 1335 (Enard Bay excursion)
Planar cross-bedded sandstone of Meall Dearg Formation, Stoer Group, Achnahaird Bay, looking N, NC 0215 1335 (Enard Bay excursion)
Thick set, c.3m, of planar cross-bedded sandstone of Meall Dearg Formation, Stoer Group, Achnahaird Bay, looking N, NC 0222 1479, Tony Irving and David Moseley (Enard Bay excursion)
View looking N towards Rubha Beag with 'Salmon Boithy' bay in the foreground (Enard Bay excursion)
View of Suilven, Cul Mor, Stac Pollaidh from Camus a' Bhothain (Enard Bay excursion)
Rectangular inlet of Camus a' Bhothain, Enard Bay, NC 0271 1464
Group at Camus a' Bhothain, Enard Bay, NC 0271 1464
Red mudstones of Poll a' Mhuilt Member, Bay of Stoer Formation overlain by sandstone of the Meall Dearg Formation, Camus a' Bhothain, Enard Bay, NC 0271 1464
Red mudstones of Poll a' Mhuilt Member, Bay of Stoer Formation overlain by sandstone of the Meall Dearg Formation, west side of inlet of Camus a' Bhothain, Enard Bay, NC 0271 1464
Breccia and conglomerate with gneiss clasts, east side of inlet of Camus a' Bhothain, Enard Bay, NC 0271 1464
Gneiss clast (?dropstone) in laminated mudstone and sandstone of the Clachtoll Formation, west side of 'Salmon Bothy' Bay, Enard Bay, NC 0278 1463; Tony Irving and Doug Holliday
Ruined salmon bothy, east side of 'Salmon Bothy' Bay, Enard Bay, NC 0278 1463
Basal conglomerate of gneiss clasts in matrix of laminated, red microbial algal limestone (Poll a' Phuilt Member) overlying gneiss, east side of 'Salmon Bothy' Bay, Enard Bay, NC 0286 1462; David Moseley
Basal conglomerate of gneiss clasts in matrix of laminated, red microbial algal limestone (Poll a' Phuilt Member) overlying gneiss, east side of 'Salmon Bothy' Bay, Enard Bay, NC 0286 1462; John Mendum and Lilian D'Mello
Group examining basal conglomerate of gneiss clasts in matrix of laminated, red microbial algal limestone (Poll a' Phuilt Member) overlying gneiss, east side of 'Salmon Bothy' Bay, Enard Bay, NC 0286 1462
Basal conglomerate of gneiss clasts in matrix of laminated, red microbial algal limestone (Poll a' Phuilt Member) overlying gneiss, east side of 'Salmon Bothy' Bay, Enard Bay, NC 0286 1462; Zoe Gardner and David Blythe
Group on east side of 'Salmon Bothy' Bay, Enard Bay, c. NC 0286 1462; in the foreground Doug Holliday, Henry Emeleus and Angus Harkness
Grouo examining basal conglomerate of gneiss clasts in matrix of laminated, red microbial algal limestone (Poll a' Phuilt Member) overlying gneiss, east side of 'Salmon Bothy' Bay, Enard Bay, NC 0286 1462
Sandstone with accretionary lapilli (Stac Fada Member stratigraphically below Poll a' Phuilt Member) at Camas ' Bhothain, Enard Bay NC 0308 1456
Sandstone with accretionary lapilli (Stac Fada Member stratigraphically below Poll a' Phuilt Member) at Camas ' Bhothain, Enard Bay NC 0308 1456
Group at Camas ' Bhothain, Enard Bay NC 0308 1456
Shore platform with boulders of sandstone with accretionary lapilli (Stac Fada Member) at Camas ' Bhothain, Enard Bay NC 0311 1457
Cross-bedded sandstone of the Applecross Formation overlying laminated siltstone and mudstone of the Diabaig Formation (Torridon Group), Rubha a' Choin, NC 0335 1471
Conglomerate with gneiss boulders of the Diabaig Formation (Torridon Group) overlying conglomerate of the Stoer Group, approaching the headland of Creag a' Choin\ Mhoir, NC 0360 1467
Conglomerate with gneiss boulders of the Diabaig Formation (Torridon Group) overlying conglomerate of the Stoer Group, headland of Creag a' Choin\ Mhoir, NC 0365 1447
Conglomerate with gneiss boulders of the Diabaig Formation (Torridon Group) overlying conglomerate of the Stoer Group, headland of Creag a' Choin\ Mhoir, NC 0365 1447
Kathryn Goodenough leading group at Scourie
Mafic to ultramafic gneiss (two pyroxene + plagioclase + garnet) with garnet porphyroblasts up to 5cm, Scourie Mor, NC 1436 4470
Interleaved felsic gneisses and ultramafic rocks at Camas nan Buth, Scourie, NC 142 447; Myra Smith
Interleaved felsic gneisses and ultramafic rocks at Camas nan Buth, Scourie, NC 142 447
Interleaved felsic gneisses and ultramafic rocks at Camas nan Buth, Scourie, NC 142 447; Julian Overnell
View of coast, looking south from Camas nan Buth, Scourie, NC 142 447
Interleaved felsic gneisses and ultramafic gneisses at Geodh' Eanruig, Scourie, NC 142 442
Interleaved felsic gneisses and ultramafic gneisses at Geodh' Eanruig, Scourie, NC 142 442
Felsic gneiss cut by thin ESE trending microgabbroic and amphibolitised Scourie Dykes at Geodh' Eanruig, Scourie, NC 1412 4418
Interleaved felsic gneisses and ultramafic gneisses at Geodh' Eanruig, Scourie, NC 142 442
Interleaved felsic gneisses and ultramafic gneisses at Geodh' Eanruig, Scourie, NC 142 442
Interleaved felsic gneisses and ultramafic gneisses at Geodh' Eanruig, Scourie, NC 142 442
Gneisses cut by undeformed pegmatite granite (with large pink K feldspars) at Geodh' Eanruig, Scourie, NC 142 442
Gneisses cut by undeformed pegmatite granite (with large pink K feldspars) at Geodh' Eanruig, Scourie, NC 142 442
Gneisses cut by undeformed pegmatite granite (with large pink K feldspars) at Geodh' Eanruig, Scourie, NC 142 442
Gneisses cut by undeformed pegmatite granite (with large pink K feldspars) at Geodh' Eanruig, Scourie, NC 142 442
Scourie Dyke cutting across pegmatite granite at Geodh' Eanruig, Scourie, NC 1415 4418
Scourie Dyke cutting across pegmatite granite at Geodh' Eanruig, Scourie, NC 1415 4418
Felsic gneiss interleaved with mafic gneiss, Scourie Mor, NC 144 443; Bill Gilmour
Fold in felsic gneiss interleaved with mafic gneiss, Scourie Mor, NC 144 443
Group returning across Scourie Mor, looking south-west towards the sea, NC 144 443
Group returning across Scourie Mor, looking north-west towards Scourie, NC 144 443, Ben Stack in distance
John Mendum posing beside an exposure of folded muscovite-biotite granite veins (dated as intruded at c. 2700 Ma and deformed during the Inverian reworking at c. 2500 Ma), 500m north of Tarbet road end [NC16404935]
near Tarbet road end
View looking east from near Tarbet road end, NC 165 497
View looking east from near Tarbet road end, NC 165 497
View looking north from near Tarbet road end, NC 165 497
View looking north from near Tarbet road end, NC 165 497
Group with Kathryn Goodenough near Tarbet road end, NC 165 497
Thick composite Scourie Dyke, a mixture of felsic, mafic and normal dolerite, on coast north of Poll an Turrabain, NC1605 4980
Thick composite Scourie Dyke, a mixture of felsic, mafic and normal dolerite, on coast north of Poll an Turrabain, NC1605 4980
Thick composite Scourie Dyke, a mixture of felsic, mafic and normal dolerite, on coast north of Poll an Turrabain, NC1605 4980
Thick composite Scourie Dyke, a mixture of felsic, mafic and normal dolerite, on coast north of Poll an Turrabain, NC1605 4980
Thick composite Scourie Dyke, a mixture of felsic, mafic and normal dolerite, on coast north of Poll an Turrabain, NC1605 4980
Thick composite Scourie Dyke, a mixture of felsic, mafic and normal dolerite, on coast north of Poll an Turrabain, NC1605 4980
Thick composite Scourie Dyke, a mixture of felsic, mafic and normal dolerite, on coast north of Poll an Turrabain, NC1605 4980
Thick composite Scourie Dyke, a mixture of felsic, mafic and normal dolerite, on coast north of Poll an Turrabain, NC1605 4980
Folded felsic gneiss close to margin of Scourie Dyke on coast north of Poll an Turrabain, NC1605 4980
Loch Ailsh syenites: coarse-grained pink S2 syenite cut by pink leocsyenite vein in outcrop close to the River Oykel, NC 327 136
Loch Ailsh syenites: grey coars-grained porphyritic ?S3 syenite rock in outcrop close to the River Oykel, locality???
Road cutting at Loch na Fiacall: Laxfordian deformation and metamorphism of Archean Badcallian gneisses and Scourie Dykes (amphibolite). Pegmatitic Laxfordian granite sheets cross cut earlier units, Loch na Fiacall Road cutting, NC 2329 4864
Road cutting at Loch na Fiacall: Laxfordian deformation and metamorphism of Archean Badcallian gneisses and Scourie Dykes (amphibolite). Pegmatitic Laxfordian granite sheets cross cut earlier units, Loch na Fiacall Road cutting, NC 2329 4864
Road cutting at Loch na Fiacall: Laxfordian deformation and metamorphism of Archean Badcallian gneisses and Scourie Dykes (amphibolite). Pegmatitic Laxfordian granite sheets cross cut earlier units, Loch na Fiacall Road cutting, NC 2329 4864
Road cutting at Loch na Fiacall: Laxfordian deformation and metamorphism of Archean Badcallian gneisses and Scourie Dykes (amphibolite). Pegmatitic Laxfordian granite sheets cross cut earlier units, Loch na Fiacall Road cutting, NC 2329 4864
Road cutting at Loch na Fiacall: Laxfordian deformation and metamorphism of Archean Badcallian gneisses and Scourie Dykes (amphibolite). Pegmatitic Laxfordian granite sheets cross cut earlier units, Loch na Fiacall Road cutting, NC 2329 4864
Mackay's Tearoom, Durness
Mackay's Tearoom, Durness
Mackay's Tearoom, Durness
Durness Enhancement Scheme Notice
Durness Enhancement Scheme Notice plinth stonework
War Memorial, Durness
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Balnakeil
Sango Bay, Durness
Sango Bay, Durness
Sango Bay, Durness
Sango Bay, Durness
Sango Bay, Durness
Sango Bay, Durness
Allt nan Uamh valley
Allt nan Uamh valley
Allt nan Uamh valley
Bone caves, Creag nan Uamh
Bone caves, Creag nan Uamh
Bone caves, Creag nan Uamh
Bone caves, Creag nan Uamh
Bone caves, Creag nan Uamh
Bone caves, Creag nan Uamh
