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Skye Trip - Kilt Rock (Creag an Feilidh) Waterfall
The two photos I have posted today show Kilt Rock (Creag an Feilidh) near Staffin, Isle of Skye, where 200 foot (63 m) high cliffs are marked out like a carefully pleated kilt and a beautiful waterfall plunges straight down into the sea amongst giant fallen blocks of sandstone.
Between 61-55 million years ago, massive volcanic activity poured lavas across the North West Highlands and the northwest part of the Isle of Skye. At Staffin, igneous rocks didn’t reach the surface, but instead forced the Jurassic age sandstones apart to form a thick igneous sill. The upper sandstone layers are mainly eroded away but it is columnar jointing in the intrusive igneous rocks which form the pleats of the kilt. Another interesting point is that Scotland’s most prolific dinosaur traces are found on Staffin Beach where Hadrosaur footprints and other dinosaur remains have been found.
Skye Trip - Kilt Rock (Creag an Feilidh) Waterfall
The two photos I have posted today show Kilt Rock (Creag an Feilidh) near Staffin, Isle of Skye, where 200 foot (63 m) high cliffs are marked out like a carefully pleated kilt and a beautiful waterfall plunges straight down into the sea amongst giant fallen blocks of sandstone.
Between 61-55 million years ago, massive volcanic activity poured lavas across the North West Highlands and the northwest part of the Isle of Skye. At Staffin, igneous rocks didn’t reach the surface, but instead forced the Jurassic age sandstones apart to form a thick igneous sill. The upper sandstone layers are mainly eroded away but it is columnar jointing in the intrusive igneous rocks which form the pleats of the kilt. Another interesting point is that Scotland’s most prolific dinosaur traces are found on Staffin Beach where Hadrosaur footprints and other dinosaur remains have been found.