Siccar Point

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Siccar Point
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“Hutton’s Unconformity at Siccar Point with a geotourist for scale. The figure is standing on shallowly dipping Devonian rocks that rest unconformably upon steeply dipping Silurian-aged rocks beneath (Photo: Colin MacFadyen/NatureScot). Lower Silurian – Upper Devonian History of geosciences…”
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BBC TravelJul 6

Walk the Scottish coast that changed science

A new trail on Scotland's east coast takes travellers into Earth's ancient past, where scientists proved the planet was vastly older than anyone had imagined.

Outcrop where James Hutton found evidence

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