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Skye Trip - The Landscape of The Quiraing
The sheep are always there, but Trotternish is probably the next most visited part of Skye after the climber’s mecca of the Cuillin Hills. There is wonderful scenery at the Quirang and the Storr, where the distinctive topography has been formed by post-glacial large-scale landslides. The crag and pinnacle land-forms are very interesting shapes and ensure that the area is well photographed.
The video clip below is from the film The Wickerman (1973) and shows a plane flying over Trotternish's unusual landforms. I assure you that the locals on Skye are much friendlier than the islanders in that classic horror film!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mvMnps-GTU
The landslide which formed The Quirang is the largest mass movement slide in Britain and it extends over 2km in width. Geologically, the west and northern parts of Trotternish, consist of Jurassic sedimentary rocks and Palaeogene lavas, which were intruded by later Tertiary dolerite sills. Although Jurassic rocks are relatively rare elsewhere in Scotland, Skye offers the most complete sequence of Jurassic rocks in the country, with Trotternish being one of the main exposures.
Skye Trip - The Landscape of The Quiraing
The sheep are always there, but Trotternish is probably the next most visited part of Skye after the climber’s mecca of the Cuillin Hills. There is wonderful scenery at the Quirang and the Storr, where the distinctive topography has been formed by post-glacial large-scale landslides. The crag and pinnacle land-forms are very interesting shapes and ensure that the area is well photographed.
The video clip below is from the film The Wickerman (1973) and shows a plane flying over Trotternish's unusual landforms. I assure you that the locals on Skye are much friendlier than the islanders in that classic horror film!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mvMnps-GTU
The landslide which formed The Quirang is the largest mass movement slide in Britain and it extends over 2km in width. Geologically, the west and northern parts of Trotternish, consist of Jurassic sedimentary rocks and Palaeogene lavas, which were intruded by later Tertiary dolerite sills. Although Jurassic rocks are relatively rare elsewhere in Scotland, Skye offers the most complete sequence of Jurassic rocks in the country, with Trotternish being one of the main exposures.