Aberdeen Science Festival - Across the Highland Boundary – Scotland’s great fault line

Sat, 20 Sep, 2025 at 01:00 pm UTC+01:00

Stonehaven Cowie Cliffs | Aberdeen

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Aberdeen Science Festival - Across the Highland Boundary \u2013 Scotland\u2019s great fault line
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The Highland Boundary Fault is one Scotland's great tectonic structures, separating different landscapes and very different geology. Join geologists from the University of Aberdeen on a walk along the coast at Stonehaven - getting hands-on the rocks and exploring the significance of this major fault zone. You'll see deposits of long-lost rivers, rocks brought up from the depths of the crust and signs of a vanished ocean - all access from the coastal path in magnificent scenery.
Please note this is a walk from Cowie, northern Stonehaven along the coast and back for around 5 km on uneven ground. Participants need to get themselves to/from the rendezvous and be appropriately equipped for hiking.
Meeting point
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Stonehaven leisure centre and open air pool carpark.
Will depart from there at 13.00 – so participants should aim to arrive by 12.45.
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Stonehaven Cowie Cliffs, Stonehaven, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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