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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.

Deformation structure within the Carboniferous sandstones at Cellardyke, Fife

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.

Kingsbarns has a variety of different fossils including 330 million year old millipede tracks. There are also fossilised shells and the imprints of ancient roots of trees called Lepidodendron which grew in Fife during the Carboniferous era.

Kincraig Point raised beach platforms

Overview of raised beach platforms at Kingcraig near Elie, Fife

Sampling the platform sections at Kingcraig point for OSL dating