WLGS 2 West Cairn Hill [NT 1042 5832] (Figure 18)

WLC site description

Part of the Inverclyde Group sites

Other designations: Pentland Hills Regional Park; AGLV

Although not visited during the audit, the BGS 1:10,000 map (surveyed in 1995) shows an outcrop of pink Kinnesswood Formation sandstone with sedimentary structures in the East Burn on the north-west slopes of West Cairn Hill (Figure 18).

(Figure 18) West Lothian's highest hill — West Cairn Hill (562m) from Baad Park Burn, south-east of Harperrig Reservoir. West Cairn Hill is formed from Kinesswood Formation (Inverclyde Group) sandstones. WLGS 2 is located close to the break of slope on the right skyline of the hill.