On the beach at Sango Bay

An unusually wide variety of rock types for such a relatively small area can be found within the Durness parish. This is partly due to extensive faulting in the area which has placed a variety rocks of different ages in contact with one another. A down-faulted section of the Moine Thrust can also be seen in the area at both Faraid Head and Sango Bay despite the main thrust area being found several miles east at Loch Eriboll. The thrust exposures within Sango Bay are the most accessible localities to observe the Moine Thrust Zone. Additionally, Sango Bay (geologically a graben) also exposes some of the best basin bounding fault outcrops in the British Isles.