The Cuillin Hills on the Isle of Skye have attracted geologists, climbers and artists for over 200 years. The steep, jagged peaks are composed of a gabbro, an iron- and magnesium-rich, slow-cooled intrusive rock with large crystals of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene.
Some of the most spectacular views of the ridge can be seen from across the bay at Elgol, but the rocks you’ll be standing on to see the view might be the weathered, layered formations which inspire this Strata range. (These ‘are trough-style cross-bedding in the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) Bearreraig Sandstone Formation. Within the Inner Hebrides Basin this formation comprises large- and small-scale cross-stratified sandstones with regularly spaced mud drapes’. Dr. Ian Williamson, Open University Geological Soc.)
