The geology of the Isle of Arran - Saturday 7th June 2025

Picking up/dropping off from Glasgow City Centre, leave at 8.30 and will include visiting the following places:

• Travel to Ardrossan to get Ferry (1 hour) (ferry ticket included in price if travelling from Glasgow) Ferry from Ardrossan to Brodick - 09:45 to 10:40

• Discover the New red sandstone, deposited during the Permian period (250 million years ago) when Scotland was covered in a desert

• The sedimentary and volcaniclastic rocks of the carboniferous period (330 million years ago) when Scotland was situated at the equator

• The old red sandstone deposited during the Devonian period (400 million years ago) - The sediments from the mountains that once belonged in Scotland

• The highland boundary fault that separates the highlands from the lowlands located in Glen sandbox

• Dalradian Supergroup (600-800 million years old) and Granitic magma chamber (60 million years old) that makes up the mountains in Arran

• Hutton’s unconformity - a famous locality discovered by James Hutton himself just north of Lochranza (3km walk)

• The Dalradian supergroup on the east coast - folds, quartz veins, and faults 

• The Drumadoon Sill - how this magma was injected into the crust during the tertiary period 65 million years ago

• Giant Reptile/dinosaur footprint at Kildonan Beach

• Ferry return - Brodick to Ardrossan - 19:20 - 20:15

• Drive back to Glasgow

This is an all day trip. There is some walking involved which will be of intermediate level.

Price per person:

• £95.00 (Max 7 people can book) transport from Glasgow - ferry ticket included in price

• £65.00 - meet us on the island (Brodick) and follow us to each location