Slieve League (Slibh Liag) is a mountain on the Atlantic coast in County Donegal. At 601 meters (1972 feet) high, the cliffs are the highest marine cliffs in Europe. They are also one of the top 100 great geosites by the Geolocical Society. https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/100geosites
The cliffs are Carboniferous rock - this is largely a repeated sequence of limestone, sandstone, shale and coal beds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboniferous
You can also expect to find quartzite in the cliffs. Quartzite is a hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone. Sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and pressure usually related to tectonic compression.
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At the cordinates you will see the different shades in the rock caused by the limestone, sandstone etc.
Question 1 - What causes the pearly lustre on the rocks?
Question 2 - What do you think caused the shape of these rocks?
Question 3 - Describe the colours of the small rock face?
At the second set of cords
Question 4 - Look at the work of art and describe the artists mark.
Question 5 - What animals are carved into the stone.