North West Highlands Geopark (2016) North West Highlands Geopark Geodiversity Audit and Action Plan 2013–2016
Additional notes: These web pages are sourced from the PDF North West Highlands Geopark Geodiversity Audit and Action Plan 2013–2016
North West Highlands Geopark (2016) North West Highlands Geopark Geodiversity Audit and Action Plan 2013–2016
Additional notes: These web pages are sourced from the PDF North West Highlands Geopark Geodiversity Audit and Action Plan 2013–2016
The hill feature of Cnoc an Droighinn is located about 2km north-east of Inchnadamph, Grid Ref.
GCR Ref. 1227, Caledonian Igneous Block, Vol. 17. Notified feature of Ben More Assynt SSSI.
The site exhibits numerous hornblende porphyrite sills within a setting of great structural geological complexity. The sills are structurally repeated by imbrication.
The site is located on rising ground on the north side of the River Traligill valley, requiring a walk of about 1.5 km east-north-east from the A 837 at Inchnadamph. There is effectively little or no all abilities access, depending upon circumstances.
Low conservation requirement due to scale and location of site.
The key features cannot be seen from a distance, necessitating close access to exposures.
The site is mainly of interest to geology students and researchers and has low interpretation potential. It could be listed in a future Geopark guide.
PARSONS, I. 1999. Late Ordovician to mid-Silutian alkaline intrusions of the North-west Highlands of Scotland. In Stephenson, D., Bevins, R. E., Milward, D., Highton, A. J., Parsons, I., Stone, P. & Wadsworth, W. J. (eds) Caledonian Igneous rocks of Great Britain. Geological Conservation Review Series, 17, Chapman & Hall, 345–393 (site description page 386).