A fantastic chance to visit both the Palaeobiology and Earth Systems collections held in the National Museums Scotland specialist facility.

A chance to see fossils dating back to the Silurian period, including trilobites, brachiopods, nautiloids, corals and crinoids

We will study the relationships between the Dalradian metamorphic rocks of the Highlands, the rocks associated with the Highland Boundary Fault, and the younger sedimentary fill of the adjacent Midland Valley.

A visit to Spireslack and Mainshill Wood surface coal mines to examine spectacular exposures of Carboniferous strata on a scale not seen anywhere else in the United Kingdom

This excursion will illustrate the cyclic pattern of the sedimentation of Carboniferous (Dinantian) rocks exposed between Craigielaw Point and Aberlady Point.

A chance to bring the family along to a fun day out examining beach pebbles and learning more about the geology of this Ayrshire coastal location

Leaders: Iain Alison and Katie Strang *children welcome and free with an adult* This guided walk will use the Strathclyde geoconservation group's leaflet but in the reverse direction. This half-day […]

Leaders: Austen Brown and David Webster The rocks exposed around Portencross are mainly sandstones (known across the UK as the ‘Old Red Sandstone’ (ORS) dating back to the Devonian Period […]

A short tour of Holmwood House and a look at how the design of the house links with geology, including the use of earth pigments.

Leader: Margaret Greene Necropolis Hill is one of the highest points of Glasgow. It stands proud simply because it is the outcrop of an intrusion of more resistant igneous rock […]