Ulva Ferry - columnar stuff ...
Posted: Saturday, 26 May 2007 |
Last week I remarked on how the sun was shining on some rocks on the north side of Loch na Keal. Today I decided to investigate it. After a few IT jobs in Salen, the idea of luinch near Ulva Ferry seemed a very pleasant one, so off I went.
After driving out westwards for a few miles, I came to a place where the rock has been getting quarried, a good place to park the car. Actually, ther is a lot of geology to see here, so maybe get back to you on this sometime.
I headed on down through trees, bog, rock, bog, tussocks, bog, water, wet stuff,, bog, stinky, mushy yeuchy stuff, oh yes and more bog, until I reached the shore.
Ahhhh. Blisssss. hard rock! solid rock. Something you can stand on. Without a schloooooooping sound.
The view westwards was great -look at those basalt columns:
This was the stuff that I saw from near Gribun last week.
Further investigation showed some very interesting features - a sill which splits in two:
Notice this bifurcating sill - it splits in two - the upper prtion being much thinner than the lower part.
At this point the baslat clearly shows its polygonal columnar structure:
The polygonal structure is clearly seen in this pic.
Moving on a bit:
The view over to Ben More is great! It looks really "pointy" from this angle. Wonderful view!
Moving on a bit, we can see the view to Ulva Ferry itself:
And then back up on to the cliffs fro a view back to Ben More:
Nice view over Loch na Keal. From here it was a simple walk back up to the main road and back to the car. Hope you enjoyed this short trip.
All the best, Slainte!
Mountainman
After driving out westwards for a few miles, I came to a place where the rock has been getting quarried, a good place to park the car. Actually, ther is a lot of geology to see here, so maybe get back to you on this sometime.
I headed on down through trees, bog, rock, bog, tussocks, bog, water, wet stuff,, bog, stinky, mushy yeuchy stuff, oh yes and more bog, until I reached the shore.
Ahhhh. Blisssss. hard rock! solid rock. Something you can stand on. Without a schloooooooping sound.
The view westwards was great -look at those basalt columns:
This was the stuff that I saw from near Gribun last week.
Further investigation showed some very interesting features - a sill which splits in two:
Notice this bifurcating sill - it splits in two - the upper prtion being much thinner than the lower part.
At this point the baslat clearly shows its polygonal columnar structure:
The polygonal structure is clearly seen in this pic.
Moving on a bit:
The view over to Ben More is great! It looks really "pointy" from this angle. Wonderful view!
Moving on a bit, we can see the view to Ulva Ferry itself:
And then back up on to the cliffs fro a view back to Ben More:
Nice view over Loch na Keal. From here it was a simple walk back up to the main road and back to the car. Hope you enjoyed this short trip.
All the best, Slainte!
Mountainman
Comments
when i click on the crosses no photos are coming out where are they??
carol from france
I too cant see the pictures. Always look forward to reading your blog & looking at the photos.
Bob Cat from Huntly
Glad the photos have now appeared! it was very tantalising just to look at the red crosses. Great pics again, interesting to see the basalt columns that you showed in your earlier blog. Thanks again.
Jill from EK
ah,at last i see the photos,once again really lovely snaps,thank you for sharing them
carol from where its b****y cold!
Looks like there were problems over the weekend! Anyway, glad the pics are back where they should be. And thanks for the comments. I was back round that way again on Monday with the two wee ones in the car - off to visit the Eas Fors Waterfall. Which of course is a multiple tautology- Eas is Gaelic for waterfall. Fors is Norse for it. And waterfall is English for waterfall. I'll try and get some of the pics up.
Mountainman from Tob
Great photos! Reminds me I need to find a way to come back up to Mull this summer.
Gary Sutherland from Carra-Carra-Carradale
Gary, yes, do fit a trip in back to Mull! I used to like your blog - Tobermory Tales was it? Hope you're getting on OK in Carradale -nice part of the world.
Mountainman from Tobermory
Exploring the hills and coasts of Mull and Iona and occasionally elsewhere, with a close eye on the geology
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