Old Red Sandstone
Introduction
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Old Red Sandstone
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 15 Jul 2012
This cliff face is of Old Red Sandstone, laid down some 350 million years ago at the margin of Lake Orcadie, which occupied an area roughly similar to that of the Moray Firth. Outcrops along the Burn of Tynet have yielded many fossils of Devonian fish, and has consequently been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The fish-bearing strata are not in this particular cliff, which is lower down the succession.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.643239
Longitude
-3.034388