Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: knock and lochan

A round walk from Lochinver via Glencanisp Lodge A fine view of Suilven over Loch Druim Suardalain, rising above the hummocky and chaotic looking knock and lochan landscape. Suilven is comprised of Torridonian Sandstone which rests with great unconformity on the underlying basement rocks of Lewisian Gneiss.

A round walk from Lochinver via Glencanisp Lodge A fine view of Suilven from Druim Suardalain, rising above the hummocky and chaotic looking knock and lochan landscape. Suilven is comprised of Torridonian Sandstone which rests with great unconformity on the underlying basement rocks of Lewisian Gneiss.

A round walk from Lochinver via Glencanisp Lodge Here the path heads south away from the River Inver towards Druim Suardalain and Glencanisp through the hummocky knock and lochan landscape.

A windy, blusterous day on Ben Stack (14) Descending from Ben Stack, at the bealach of Coire nam Mang, looking north over the chaotic appearance of the ice-smoothed knock and lochan landscape.

A windy, blusterous day on Ben Stack (13) Descending from Ben Stack, at the bealach of Coire nam Mang and now below cloud base, looking west over the knock and lochan landscape towards Eddrachillis Bay and the Stoer peninsula in the far distance.

A windy, blusterous day on Ben Stack (12) Descending from Ben Stack, at the bealach of Coire nam Mang and still more or less at cloud base, looking easterly over the knock and lochan landscape towards Arkle and Loch Stack.

A windy, blusterous day on Ben Stack (11) Descending from Ben Stack, at the bealach of Coire nam Mang and still more or less at cloud base, looking north-eastwards over the knock and lochan landscape towards Arkle.

A windy, blusterous day on Ben Stack (9) View west from the summit ridge of Ben Stack to the Lewisian Gneiss knock and lochan landscape far below and Eddrachillis Bay in the distance.

A windy, blusterous day on Ben Stack (8) View east from the summit ridge of Ben Stack to Loch Stack in the knock and lochan landscape far below. The west-facing flank of Arkle is just visible to the left, below the cloud base.

A windy, blusterous day on Ben Stack (4) On the initial toil up the south-east ridge of Leathad na Stioma I was concentrating more on route-finding and watching where I was putting my feet rather than taking photos. But reaching the relative level ground of the bealach by Coire nam Mang allowed some respite. This is the view to the north over the Coire towards the Lewisian Gneiss knock and lochan landscape and the hint of the sea beyond. Arkle with its head in the clouds is the mountain on the right.

A day on Quinag - photo 16 . A westerly view from the summit of Sàil Gharbh, looking over the corrie of Bàthaich Cuinneige to the right and the ridge leading up to Sàil Ghorm (just out of shot to the right). In the distance is the knock-and-lochan landscape of the Lewisian Gneiss foreland, the Stoer peninsula just right of centre; then looking over the Minch to the Isle of Lewis on the horizon.

Suilven and the mountains of Assynt beyond, viewed from the Stac Pollaidh ridge. Loch Sionasgaig is in the foreground. Suilven is comprised of Torridonian Sandstone which rests unconformably on the high-grade metamorphic basement rocks of the Lewisian Gneiss which forms the 'knock and lochan' landscape in the middle ground. There is a time gap of about 700 million years separating the two rock units.

A view northwards from Stac Pollaidh over the 'knock and lochan' landforms of the Lewisian Gneiss foreland. The Torridonian Sandstone mountain Suilven is visible in the distance, with Quinag just peeking out beyond on the left. An extraordinary landscape which never fails to impress me with its stark beauty.

A wide-angle view eastwards from Stac Pollaidh to Cùl Mòr, the next Torridonian Sandstone mountain of the Assynt region. On this day, most of the isolated peaks had their own clouds associated with them and Cùl Mòr was no exception.

View westwards from the Torridonian Sandstone summit ridge of Stac Pollaidh. Access to the ridge is easy on the north side, via the footpath which ascends to the col. The summit in view needs a bit of hands-on scrambling to get to the top. The weather was perfect on this visit, light winds and sunny, with superb views all round. The Minch is visible in the distance with the mountains of Lewis and Harris on the skyline.

A day on Quinag - photo 19 . A NW view from Sàil Gharbh looking to Sàil Ghorm (776m), the north spur of Quinag, with Loch a Chàirn Bhàin and the knock-and-lochan landscape of the Lewisian Gneiss foreland beyond. The striking colour change from grey to pink in the foreground marks the uncornformity of the Cambrian Basal Quartzite resting on the Torridonian Sandstone.

A day on Quinag - photo 22 . A westerly view from Sàil Gharbh over the Stoer peninsula and the Minch to the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. In the foreground, the pale grey Cambrian Basal Quartzite capping the summit of Sàil Gharbh appears almost dazzling white in the sunshine and contrasts with the red Torridonian Sandstone of the Sàil Ghorm ridge in the middle distance.

A fine evening looking over the chaotic knock-and-lochan landscape of the Lewisian Gneiss foreland towards Canisp one of the relict Torridonian Sandstone mountains. The red Torridonian Sandstone of Canisp lies unconformably on the Lewisian Gneiss and is itself unconformably overlain by the pale grey Cambrian Basal Quartzite just visible on the summit. A south-easterly view from the Creag Dharaich viewpoint near Lochinver, Sutherland, Scotland.