Saturday 3 September 2022

Cullen Bay, Bow Fiddle Rock & Portnockie

A trip to see the Bow Fiddle Rock and Portnockie harbour. Followed by a short visit to the dunes next to Losisemouth.


Bow Fiddle Rock is a natural sea arch near Portknockie on the north-eastern coast of Scotland. It is so called because it resembles the tip of a fiddle bow.

It is composed of Quartzite, a metamorphic rock which was originally quartz sandstone. This rock is part of the Cullen Quartzite formation which is seen along the coast between Buckie and Cullen. The formation is some 2,400m thick and dates from the Neoproterozoic Era, 1,000 to 539 million years ago.
























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