(Bearreraig Bay) - 2005

In the above image the Jurassic layers can almost be seen dipping off to the north. The flat layer of vertical columns of rock (similar to the giants causeway of Ireland) can be seen above the Jurassic layer all along the coast. This layer is known as kilt rock, because it resembles a kilt… apparently. The layer is an intrusion of lava that happened when skye was volcanically active. The layer was previously a layer of soft Jurassic shale, but sadly was replaced with the kilt rock.

The signs to the bottom right of this photo show information about the Jurassic rocks in the bay according to these boards the age of the rocks is 170 million years old.

Jurassic	Late	Volgian	Portlandian		142 to 147
			Tithonian
					147 to 150
		Kimmerianidg		Late	150 to 154
				Early
		Oxfordian	Corallian		154 to 159.4
			Late Oxford Clay
	Middle	Callovian	Middle Oxford Clay		159 to 165
			Early Oxford Clay
			Kellaways
			Late Cornbrash
		Bathonian	Early Cornbrash		165 to 170
			Forest Marble
			Frome Formation
			Wattonensis Beds
			Fullers Earth
			Zigzag Beds
		Bajocian	Late Inferior Oolite		170 to 177
			Middle Inferior Oolite
		Aalenian	Early Inferior Oolite		177 to 180.1
			Scissum Beds
			Bridport Sands
	Early	Toarcian (Late Lias)			180 to 190
		Pliensbachian (Middle and Early Lias)			190 to 195
		Sinemurian (Early Lias)			195 to 201
		Hettangian (Early Lias)			201 to 205.7

Bajocian 170 to 177 MYA
FORMATIONS AND DEPOSITS	LOCATIONS

Late Inferior Oolite			Burton Bradstock Bearreraig Bay West Bay
Middle Inferior Oolite			Burton Bradstock
Ravenscar Group	Scalby Formation	Moor Grit Member	Gristhorpe Scalby Ness
	Scarborough Formation		Cloughton Wyke Gristhorpe
	Cloughton Formation	Gristhorpe Member	Cloughton Wyke Gristhorpe
		Lebberston Member	Cloughton Wyke
		Yons Nab Member	Gristhorpe
		Sycarham Member	Cloughton Wyke Gristhorpe
Dogger Formation			Saltwick Bay Whitby Sandsend Ravenscar
Bearreraig Sandstone Formation		Garantiana Shale Member	Glasnakille Faoilean
		Dark grey fissile mudstone

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