The Northern Highlands: Landscapes in Stone

Geology reveals how turbulent collisions sculpted northern Scotland’s enduring mountains and coastlines, shaping our understanding of Earth’s ancient life and landscapes.

Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize

The rocks of northern Scotland tell of turbulent events involving continental collisions that unleashed cataclysmic forces, creating a chain of mountains, the remnants of which we see today on both sides of the Atlantic. Geologists from Victorian times onwards have studied the area, and...