Excursions

June 2022

Saturday 11 Jun

Charleston Lime Quarry

Saturday, 11 Jun 2022 09:00am
Charleston Lime Quarry

Outcrops of the Blackhall Limestone and disused quarries and, if time permits, a visit to the lime kilns on the foreshore.

Charleston Lime Quarry

July 2022

Saturday 02 Jul

East Kirkton & Petershill Quarries

Saturday, 02 Jul 2022 09:00am
East Kirkton & Petershill Quarries

Terrestrial fossils from Romer’s Gap and a rich fauna of marine fossils.

East Kirkton & Petershill Quarries
Saturday 16 Jul

South Queensferry

Saturday, 16 Jul 2022 09:00am
South Queensferry

Lower Carboniferous sedimentary rocks, Upper Carboniferous sills and late glacial and postglacial deposits

South Queensferry

August 2022

Saturday 13 Aug

Onich Shore

Saturday, 13 Aug 2022 09:00am
Onich Shore

A classic east-west cross-section through folded Dalradian metasediments, part of the Appin Syncline

Onich Shore
Saturday 20 Aug

Elie-St Monans-Pittenweem

Saturday, 20 Aug 2022 09:00am
Elie-St Monans-Pittenweem

Carboniferous fluvial, deltaic and shallow marine strata pierced by Carboniferous vents (diatremes) and the interplay between volcanism and sedimentation

Elie-St Monans-Pittenweem

September 2022

Friday 09 Sep

Snowdonia

Start date: Friday, 09 Sep 2022 09:00am
End date: Monday, 12 Sep 2022 05:00pm
Snowdonia

Ordovician volcanics, with evidence for giant ash-flow eruptions, and large-scale Caledonian folding, all set in Snowdonia’s wonderful glacier-carved mountain scenery.

Snowdonia