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Excursion title: |
Salisbury Crags, Holyrood Park |
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Date & time: |
Sunday 20 September 2020, 10 am |
Finish time: |
1 pm |
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Leaders: |
Angus Miller, Geowalks |
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Excursion aims and description: |
Salisbury Crags is Scotland’s best example of an intrusive sill, where magma has been forced between layered sedimentary rocks underground. This happened about 335 million years ago. We will walk around Salisbury Crags, viewing the impressive cliffs and the sedimentary rocks above the sill in the Camstane Quarry. |
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Meeting point: |
Grassy area to the east of the Holyrood Palace Car Park, on the Queens Drive |
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First locality: |
Camstane Quarry |
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Excursion route: |
Camstane Quarry, Hunter’s Bog, Salisbury Crags. |
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Terrain, walking distance, height gain: |
Rough paths and pavements. |
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Specific or Medium- / High-Risk Hazards: |
None |
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Control measures required to mitigate against any Hazards referred to above: |
None |
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Hard hats or Hi-viz clothing needed? |
No |
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May dogs be brought on the excursion? |
Yes |
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Toilet information: |
Holyrood Park Education Centre, close to meeting point. |
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References: |
Edinburgh 32E |
OS map sheet: |
Explorer 350 Edinburgh |
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References (see below): |
Discovering Edinburgh’s Volcano. A geological guide to Holyrood Park (EGS) |