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| Geologists at work |
At
Loop Head, there are plenty of interesting geological features to make it a
good stop off point on an organised field trip or, for someone with more casual
interests, you can just take in the views.
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| Sand volcanoes |
Moving
on to Bridges of Ross, another remote rocky coastal
exposure, the sandstone, siltstone and shale attracts the world’s
largest oil and gas companies.
My
expertise relates to building stones, and so I can’t comment on why this place
is so important for their research, but the geology is very impressive here.
The lithology is varied, with rippled bedding planes, slump structures, overturned
beds and a rock arch all being found within a small area.
For me, the sand
volcanoes are the most interesting structures that I have seen in
Carboniferous rocks.
At Loop Head, there was a lighthouse, and I can’t remember seeing any shops, pubs, restaurants, hotels or anything else at Bridges of Ross that suggested that it was a tourist attraction.
That said, at least two groups were studying this place when we arrived and they must have been sleeping, eating and drinking somewhere nearby. After recording a couple more coastal sites, we found out for ourselves when our day finally ended at Kilkee...
At Loop Head, there was a lighthouse, and I can’t remember seeing any shops, pubs, restaurants, hotels or anything else at Bridges of Ross that suggested that it was a tourist attraction.
That said, at least two groups were studying this place when we arrived and they must have been sleeping, eating and drinking somewhere nearby. After recording a couple more coastal sites, we found out for ourselves when our day finally ended at Kilkee...
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| Two views at Bridges of Ross |
