WLGS 35 Carsie Hill [NT 0150 7547] (Figure 112), (Figure 113)

WLC site description

Part of the Volcanic vent rocks group of sites

Other designations: AGLV

Carsie Hill, 1.5 km south-east of Linlithgow, is one of the best examples of the dozen or so scattered volcanic vents in this area. The hill is also a good example of an ice-sculpted Crag and Tail landform (Figure 110). Outcrops of Pyroclastic breccia can be seen around the crag end of the hill. Further to the east small exposures of the Mid Hosie Limestone (Lower Limestone Formation) containing the coral Siphonodendron junceum are also seen.

(Figure 112) View south-west from Jock's Hill towards the volcanic vent of Carsie Hill [NT 0150 7547] (WLGS 35) (low hill in middle distance). Carsie Hill is also a Crag and Tail.