Hutton’s Unconformity
Hutton’s Unconformity is a monument in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Hutton’s Unconformity is situated nearby to the forest Doire nam Poll, as well as near the peak Cnoc nan Sgrath.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lochranza Castle and Torr Meadhonach.
Lochranza Castle
Castle
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lochranza Castle is an L-plan fortified tower house situated on a promontory in Lochranza, on the northern part of the Isle of Arran in Scotland. Most of the current structure was built in the 16th century. Lochranza Castle is situated 1 mile south of Hutton’s Unconformity.
Torr Meadhonach
Peak
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Torr Meadhonach is a hill 332 metres high at the northernmost part of the Isle of Arran in western Scotland, east of the village of Lochranza.
Lochranza distillery
Distillery
Photo: paul birrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lochranza distillery is a whisky distillery in Lochranza, Scotland, on the Isle of Arran. It primarily releases its whisky under the Arran name. In 1994 Arran Distillers Ltd. was founded by Harold Currie, former director of Chivas and a D-Day veteran, with the intention of building a distillery on Arran. Lochranza distillery is situated 1½ miles south of Hutton’s Unconformity.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lochranza and Catacol.
Lochranza
Village
Photo: Markarianuk, Public domain.
The Isle of Arran is part of Ayrshire in southwest Scotland. It lies in the Firth of Clyde, the broad reach of sea southwest of Glasgow and enclosed by the Ayrshire coast to the east and the Kintyre peninsula to the west.
Catacol
Village
Photo: Wendy Kirkwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Catacol is a small village on the Isle of Arran, in the council area of North Ayrshire, Scotland. Catacol is situated 2 miles southwest of Hutton’s Unconformity.
Skipness
Village
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tarbert is a village in Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland. An Tairbeart is a Gaelic term meaning "carry across", indicating an isthmus where small boats could be portaged from one body of water to another. Skipness is situated 4 miles northwest of Hutton’s Unconformity.
Hutton’s Unconformity
- Type: Monument
- Category: historic site
- Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.71813° or 55° 43′ 5″ northLongitude
-5.28796° or 5° 17′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C7PPP96+7ROpenStreetMap ID
node 9132211717OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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