Great Geologists Traditional Cache
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A short wander up to a grassy hillock overlooking Loch Assynt.
Parking either on wide verge to the east or at grassy layby to the west.
Wander up the verge, go through gate & follow track up.
On a small hill overlooking Loch Assynt in NW Scotland is a famous yet simple stone memorial to a remarkable geological double act: Ben Peach and John Horne.
Much has been written over the years of these times and the exploits of the various protagonists. Visitors to the nearby Inchnadamph Hotel may have seen the famous photograph of the pair and perhaps posed on the bench outside the bar.
The work of the Geological Survey in NW Scotland during the 1880s, led by Ben Peach and John Horne, is widely regarded as the first attempt to obtain a 3D description of a thrust belt. With the notable exception of Charles Lapworth, all previous investigators adopted less ambitious approaches and as a consequence, understanding of the geological structure was at best over-simplified and at worst down-right misleading.
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