Ullapool Day 1



OUGS North West Ullapool Trip May 2002

MONDAY 6th
Drive from Ullapool to Loch Assynt - examine the rocks along the NE shore road. Drive on to Lochinver for lunch, then a walk around to discuss the use of the geological resources. Return to Loch Assynt to complete the traverse alongside the loch.
See Geological Excursion Guide to the Assynt District of Sutherland: Excursion 1. Published by the Edinburgh Geological Society.

Home Day 1, Monday 6th.
Day 2, Tuesday 7th.
Day 3, Wednesday 8th.
Day 4, Thursday 9th. 		Next Day
Ullapool with Summer islands in background
Ullapool 		Angular unconformity between horizontal bedded Torridonian Sandstone and the Lewisian Gneiss.
Unconformity, Loch Assynt 		Our leader, Joe Crossley, showing where the edge of a dyke has got to!
Joe in water
A fault has dropped the unconformity 6m down from the road to the loch shore.
Lochside unconformity 		Infilled burrows in the quartzite give this rock its name of &quotThe Pipe Rock".
Pipe Rock 		Some burrows are sharply truncated at an errosional surface; others show conical tops where the worm was feeding.
Detail of Pipe Rock
Martin Elsworth.