Strathclyde

The geology of Ardmore Point, Argyll

Walk around Ardmore Point and Ardmore House, and find out about desert sandstones, flash floods, and folding and faulting of ancient rocks. A lovely walk with some surprising insights into the long gone past landscape of this part of Argyll along the way. Download a leaflet about the Geology of Ardmore Point  from The Geological Society of Glasgow.

Fossil Grove, Victoria Park, Glasgow

Come to Fossil Grove, Victoria Park  and see the petrified tree stumps of an ancient forest right in the heart of Glasgow! Incredibly these tree stumps have survived over millions of years, buried and fossilised in river mud, and then protected by layers of volcanic lava!