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- Collection: Museum: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES)
Arthropleura Tracks, St AndrewsArthropleura tracks near St Andrews, a cast of them can be seen in MUSA, the Scores, St Andrews
Channel, Roome BayChannel cut into Carboniferous sandstones at Roome Bay, Crail
The Tolbooth built in 1598 and tower, rebuilt in 1776 contain well cut blocks of both local sandstone (buff-coloured) and material from Locharbriggs…
Tollbooth tower, CrailTollbooth Tower, Crail
Memorial Fountain, CrailThe Memorial Fountain was built in 1897 and is dedicated to Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. It is built of both grey and red granite.
Photosphere of KingcraigRaised beach platforms at Kingcraig, nr. Elie, Fife
This bay doesn’t actually have rubies, it’s named after the tiny red garnets in the sand which look a bit like rubies to the untrained eye. You might…
This area between Kinghorn and Kirkcaldy has some pillow basalts as well as fossilised corals and crinoids.
St Monans has a number of fossils including corals and also a coal seam. The rocks here have been folded and tilted since they were deposited.
At Wormit there is a wide variety of geology including lava flows, river conglomerates, intrusive rhyolite and glacial erratics.
Carboniferous volcanic vent, Kinkell Ness has at its centre the Rock and Spindle
Holy Trinity Church features many interesting types of stone, including a beautiful alabaster and marble pulpit.
At Aberdour the country rock (carboniferous sandstone) has been intruded by younger magma. There are also good examples of faulting and cross bedding.
The rock at Crail is largely Carboniferous Sandstone and Shale, but a variety of types of rock have been used to build the village.
A walking guide to the stones that St Andrews is built with.
Building Stones of St AndrewsA guide to the stones used to build St Andrews.
St Andrews Geological TrailGeological field guide to St Andrews.
The Rock and Spindle is an ancient volcanic vent, and it has an excellent example of radial columnar jointing (it looks like spokes of a wheel) due to…
Kingsbarns has a variety of different fossils including 330 million year old millipede tracks. There are also fossilised shells and the imprints of…
Arthropleura TracksKincaple East raised beaches
KingcraigKincraig Point raised beach platforms
Sampling Platforms, KingcraigSampling the platform sections at Kingcraig point for OSL dating