Edinburgh Geological Society https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/ Making Geology Accessible to All Wed, 27 May 2026 20:57:13 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Re-visiting Hutton’s Section – Salisbury Crags https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/re-visiting-huttons-section/ Thu, 14 May 2026 16:57:19 +0000 https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/?p=8172 As we approach the 300th anniversary of James Hutton’s birth, I thought members might be interested to know more of plans by Historic Environment Scotland to re-open access to the section made famous by James Hutton on Salisbury Crags. As I am sure many of you are aware, access has been restricted know for some […]

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]]> Hutton 300: the concert https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/hutton300/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:52:51 +0000 https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/?p=7974 Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place, Edinburgh, EH1 2QQ Saturday 27 June 2026, 7:30pm Join us for a unique evening of music, song, video and poetry inspired by James Hutton’s insights regarding deep time and Earth’s processes with performances from leading Scottish performers. Karine Polwart and Dave Milligan have featured the song ‘Siccar Point’ on their most […]

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]]> Clough Medal lecture 2026 https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/clough-medal-lecture-2026/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:27:14 +0000 https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/?p=8073 On 25th February 2026 at 7pm, the annual Clough Medal lecture took place at the Grant Institute, Kings Buildings Campus, University of Edinburgh and also held online. The audience for this years’ lecture was again sizable, both physically present and on-line.  Proceedings for the evening were chaired by Graham Leslie (Chair of the Clough Committee, […]

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]]> Edinburgh film premiere: As Old As The Hills https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/as-old-as-the-hills/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:58:06 +0000 https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/?p=7922 EGS is delighted to present the Edinburgh premiere screening of the film As Old As The Hills – made for the Orkney Science Festival. The film is timely – the celebrations of the 300th anniversary of the birth of James Hutton, the father of modern geology, start in June. Slovenian filmmaker, Selena S. Kuzman, takes us […]

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]]> Building the Deep Time Trail https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/building-the-deep-time-trail/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:04:05 +0000 https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/?p=7906 We are delighted to confirm that the Deep Time Trail at Siccar Point will be constructed this spring. We have raised over £150,000 through a combination of the Scottish Geology Trust’s Deep Time Trail crowdfunder and a grant from the Cockburnspath & Cove Community Fund. Our planning application has just been approved by Scottish Borders […]

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]]> Meeting young Mr Hutton https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/meeting-young-mr-hutton/ Sat, 08 Nov 2025 18:17:03 +0000 https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/?p=7839 The Edinburgh Geological Society’s Introducing James Hutton event took place at Dynamic Earth on 6 October 2025.  The event also launched the Tercentenary celebrations for 2026, marking 300 years since Hutton’s birth on 3 June 1726.  A large crowd of over 150 people attended this event, and we heard from three guest speakers; Prof Colin […]

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]]> C T Clough’s notebooks uncovered https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/cloughs-notebooks-uncovered/ Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:43:09 +0000 https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/?p=7808 Earlier this year an out of the blue contact from Rosslyn MacPhail (author of “From Fighting Napoleon to the Scottish Military Academy: The Life of Captain John Orr”) has uncovered a connection with C T Clough.  It came to light that Rossyln’s mother had helped a neighbour by the name of Flossie, who was Clough’s […]

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]]> Support the building of the Deep Time Trail at Siccar Point https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/support-the-deep-time-trail/ Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:37:49 +0000 https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/?p=7820 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 […]

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]]> Introducing James Hutton – public event https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/introducing-james-hutton/ Sun, 17 Aug 2025 18:31:52 +0000 https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/?p=7746 Join us at this public event to launch the James Hutton Tercentenary celebrations. James Hutton (1726-1797) is widely acknowledged as the Father of modern geology.

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]]> Clough Medal Lecture 2024-25 https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/clough-medal-lecture-2024-25/ Fri, 07 Mar 2025 14:42:12 +0000 https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/?p=7680 On 26 February 2025 our annual Clough Medal lecture took place at the Grant Institute, Kings Buildings Campus, University of Edinburgh and also held online. The audience for this year’s lecture was again sizable, both physically present and on-line.  Proceedings for the evening were chaired by Alastair Milne, Lectures Secretary. Our president, Mark Wilkinson, explained […]

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