Rocks of NW Scotland - Area Map and Section

Simplified geological map of the area between Loch Laxford and the Inverpolly Nature Reserve: click on the hot-spots to see the geological relationships and rock types at each locality.

Highly schematic vertical east-west cross-section through the rocks of the Assynt region, not to scale: click on the hot-spots to see the geological relationships and rock types at each locality, or use the menu bar below.

D.J. Waters, Department of Earth Sciences, May 2003