Whitbread, K., Ellen, R., Callaghan, E., Gordon, J. E. and Arkley, S. 2015. East Lothian Geodiversity Audit. British Geological Survey Open Report, OR/14/063. 192pp.
East Lothian Geodiversity Audit
K Whitbread, R Ellen, E Callaghan, J E Gordon and S Arkley
Title page and preliminaries
Geology and Landscape Scotland Programme
No | Site | Easting | Northing | Main feature(s) | |
(ELC_1) | Gala Law Quarry | 353607 | 663348 | Lower Palaeozoic rocks, fossils | |
(ELC_2) | Burn Hope | 370105 | 669951 | Lower Devonian sedimentary rocks, fluvial geomorphology | |
(ELC_3) | Gin Head (Tantallon) | 359439 | 685331 | Lower Carboniferous palaeontology | |
(ELC_4) | Dunbar Shore | 368100 | 679300 | Carboniferous intrusive igneous and sedimentary rocks (Ballagan Formation), coastal geomorphology | |
(ELC_5) | North Berwick Shore | 356026 | 685471 | Carboniferous volcanic rocks (Garleton Hills Volcanic Formation), coastal geomorphology | |
(ELC_6) | Yellow Craigs Shore | 350749 | 686061 | Carboniferous volcanic rocks (Garleton Hills Volcanic Formation) | |
(ELC_7) | Old Markle Quarry | 358385 | 677010 | Carboniferous volcanic rocks (Garleton Hills Volcanic Formation) | |
(ELC_8) | Blaikie Heugh, Balfour Monument | 357631 | 673049 | Carboniferous volcanic rocks (Garleton Hills Volcanic Formation), landscape | |
(ELC_9) | Kippielaw | 358373 | 675519 | Carboniferous volcanic rocks (Garleton Hills Volcanic Formation) | |
(ELC_10) | Dirleton Castle | 351616 | 682954 | Carboniferous volcanic rocks (Garleton Hills Volcanic Formation), historical association | |
(ELC_11) | Craigs Quarry | 350852 | 683556 | Carboniferous volcanic rocks (Garleton Hills Volcanic Formation) | |
(ELC_12) | Peppercraig Quarry | 350800 | 674500 | Carboniferous volcanic rocks (Garleton Hills Volcanic Formation), historical association | |
(ELC_13) | Gullane Shore | 346590 | 683094 | Carboniferous sedimentary rocks (Gullane Formation), coastal geomorphology | |
(ELC_14) | Kilspindie Shore and Aberlady Point | 344707 | 680205 | Carboniferous sedimentary rocks (Aberlady and Lower Limestone formations), coastal geomorphology | |
(ELC_15) | Prestonpans Shore | 338063 | 674308 | Upper Carboniferous sedimentary rocks (Limestone Coal and Upper Limestone formations) | |
(ELC_16) | Cockenzie to Port Seton Shore | 340377 | 675935 | Upper Carboniferous sedimentary rocks (Upper Limestone, Passage and Lower Coal Measures formations) | |
(ELC_17) | Esk Valley | 334206 | 669403 | Middle Coal Measures Formation | |
(ELC_18) | Pencraig Quarry | 357286 | 676536 | Intrusive igneous rocks | |
(ELC_19) | North Berwick Law | 355847 | 684235 | Geomorphology and Carboniferous plugs | |
(ELC_20) | Kidlaw Quarry | 350689 | 664322 | Intrusive igneous rocks | |
(ELC_21) | Cheese Bay | 349242 | 685684 | Carboniferous palaeontology | |
(ELC_22) | Garleton Hills | 351017 | 676294 | Glacial landforms | |
(ELC_23) | Kidlaw Errattic | 350976 | 664604 | Glacial deposit and landforms | |
(ELC_24) | Lochhouses | 361415 | 682176 | Coastal deposits | |
(ELC_25) | Seacliff, Scoughall Shore | 361506 | 684062 | Coastal landforms | |
(ELC_26) | Thorntonloch | 376110 | 673220 | Coastal landforms (sandstone) | |
(ELC_27) | Whitekirk | 358181 | 681015 | Glacial landforms | |
(ELC_28) | Tyne Estuary & Belhaven Bay | 364408 | 679790 | Coastal landforms | |
(ELC_29) | Gullane Bents | 347961 | 683605 | Coastal dune system | |
(ELC_30) | Aberlady_Bay | 346004 | 681262 | Coastal landforms | |
- | Gullane Sandstone Quarries | No exposures, partially infilled and overgrown |