WLGS 16 Society Shore [NT 0967 7910]–[NT 0954 7913] (Figure 51), (Figure 52)

WLC site description

Part of the Strathclyde Group sites

Other designations: HGDL (Hopetoun House); LWS (adjacent to Hopetoun Estate); adjacent to AWI (Bog Wood); AGLV

At Society Shore [NT 0967 7910] (Figure 51), a Stigmaria root fossil can be seen in a beach outcrop of the Barracks Limestone (Hopetoun Member, West Lothian Oil-shale Formation). A good example of the use of local stone can be seen at Society Shore 2 [NT 0954 7913] (Figure 52).

(Figure 51) Stigmaria tree root fossil at Society Shore 1 [NT 0967 7910] (WLGS 16). Barracks Limestone, Hopetoun Member, West Lothian Oil Shale Formation.

(Figure 52) Blending in — wall of local sandstone built on eastward-dipping Dunnet Sandstone at Society Shore 2 [NT 0954 7913] (WLGS 16). Hopetoun Member, West Lothian Oil Shale Formation.