Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: Assynt Culmination

The memorial to pioneering geologists Ben Peach (1842 – 1926) and John Horne (1848 – 1928) at Inchnadamph, Sutherland, Scotland. Stronchrubie Crags and Inchnadampf village are in the background. Working for the Geological Survey, Peach and Horne elucidated the complex thrust structures of the Scottish North West Highlands. Their field-work and mapping was of the very highest quality and their legacy stands for all time.

A day on Quinag - photo 21 . View ESE from Sàil Gharbh to Glas Bheinn and the Assynt Culmination. The pale grey Cambrian Quarztite on Glas Bheinn and its associated scree slopes can look as white as snow in some lighting conditions. Ben More Assynt is visible on the right skyline.

A day on Quinag - photo 4 . A resting spot on the walk in. Looking east over Allt na Bradhan and to the hills and mountains of the Assynt Culmination beyond. Lovely fair-weather cumulus clouds promise settled weather for the bulk of the day ahead. Taken from the footpath at Grid Ref. NC 2124 2824.

A day on Quinag - photo 5 . A resting spot on the walk in. Looking WNW over Allt na Bradhan and to the hills and mountains of the Assynt Culmination beyond. The Cambrian Pipe Rock is the reddish bed sloping upwards to the left from the centre of the photo. The Glencoul Thrust lies just above and brings Precambrian Lewisian Gneiss to rest on top of the Pipe Rock. Taken from the footpath at Grid Ref. NC 2124 2824.

A panoramic view of Inchnadampf village, Sutherland, Scotland with Stronchrubie crags and the Assynt Culmination in the background. Viewed from the Peach and Horne Memorial (right). Assembled from 3 separate images.

The Stronchrubie Crags are a prominent feature by the side of the A837 Ledmore to Inchnadamph road in Sutherland, north-west Scotland. The cliffs here are comprised of the Eilean Dubh Formation - dolostones (dolomitic limestones) forming part of the Durness Group (formerly the 'Durness Limestone'). The rocks in lower part of the cliff are gently dipping to the east (into the photo) and appear nearly horizontal in this view. In the upper part of the cliff, the dolostones form multiple, steeply dipping thrust slices of the Stronchrubie imbricate zone, separated from the lower part by the Stronchrubie Thrust. This location is part of the classic area of Scottish geology - the Assynt Culmination - a zone of multiple thrusting, folding and imbrication.