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Highland Geological Society
Ob Lusa to Ardnish Coast, Isle of Skye - Photo by Andy Leggatt
Torvean, Inverness - Photo by Andy Leggatt
Tarbat Ness - Photo by Andy Leggatt
Elgol, Glen Scaladal - Photo by Andy Leggatt
Isle of Staffa - Photo by Andy Moffat
Ardnamurchan Lighthouse - Photo by Andy Moffat
Dutchman’s Cap, Mull - Photo by Andy Moffat
Barmore Loch Tay lst Boudin NR 86690 71280 at 195 - Photo by David Rae
Gladrings, Kintyre .Unconformity ORS on Dalradian

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Anyone wishing to attend day trips or to find out more should email:    HighlandGeologicalSociety@Gmail.com    Your email will be passed to the individual event organiser who will respond to you directly.
Field trip contributions are £5 per person / day.    
 

  • 16 August 2026

    Quarrywood Dave Longstaff

    Quarrywood, a wooded hill 1 mile west of Elgin, has 6 large quarries and numerous small excavations and for about 250 years has provided building stone for the local area. A few quarries show small exposures of an unconformity separating the Upper Ol...

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  • 19 September 2026

    Tarbatness/Portmahomack - Dr Steven Andrews

    Lakes, deserts and life in the Devonian of Tarbet Ness Peninsula. The rocks of the Tarbat Ness peninsula contain a record of the opening and eventual filling of the Devonian Orcadian Basin. This huge basin, which formed in the lee of the Himalayan-s...

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  • 1 October 2026

    Hermitage/Dunkeld . NB Date to be confirmed Dr Martin Smith

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