Highland Geology Trail

• Where can you find the oldest rocks in Europe?
• Where can you see ancient hills around 800 million years old?
• How do you tell whether a valley was carved out by a glacier, not by a river?
• What are the Focoid Beds?
• Where do you find rocks folded like putty?
• How did the great masses of rock pile up like snow in front of a snow-plough?
• When did volcanoes spew lava and ash to form Skye, Mull and Rum?
• Where can you find fossils on Skye?

This journey of geological discovery through the diverse landforms of the north and west Highlands of Scotland offers the answers to these and many other questions of interest to visitors and local residents alike.