Knockan Crag
Knockan Crag is the name of a visitor area in the Northwest Highlands Geopark, which was opened in 2005 and represents an outcrop within a thrust zone. Several explained points in the area can be reached via a nature trail. The uninhabited location is on the A835 in the southern part of the Assynt region , a district in the west of Sutherland and about 20 kilometers north of Ullapool in Scotland . The Geopark, which has existed since 2004, is 2000 km² in size.
The area between the west coast and the Moine Thrust thrust zone is a geological feature. It was discovered in 1907. It forms the outer edge of the Caledonian mountain belt in north-west Scotland. In the country, the up to 10 km wide zone runs 190 km from the Scottish north coast to Sleat on the Isle of Skye . A small open-air visitor center explains the background of the geological situation at this location.
In the Geopark there are a total of seven stone sculptures by various artists embedded in the landscape. The most famous work of art is The Globe by Joe Smith , a ball composed of flat stones on a steep slope.
The other sculptures are:
- Monoliths by Joe Smith
- Pipe worm by Susheila Jamieson
- Fossils by Susheila Jamieson
- Earthwork by Jim Buchanan
- Thrust : designed by Frances Pelly, built by Joe Smith and Max Nowell
- Knockan Wall : Designed by Valerie Pragnell, built by Bruce Shelley
literature
- John Horne , William Gunn, Charles Thomas Clough , Jethro Justinian Harris Teall & Lionel Wordsworth Hinxman : The geological structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland . (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain), James Hedderwick & sons, Glasgow 1907 ( online in the library of the BGS )
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Description on www.scottishgeology.com (English)
- James Carter: Knockan Crag interpretation plan . 2001 (english)
Coordinates: 58 ° 2 ′ 1.6 ″ N , 5 ° 4 ′ 14.6 ″ W.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scottish Natural Heritage: Rock art - Scotland's National Nature Reserves. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .