Geological Society of Glasgow

The Geological Society of Glasgow was founded in 1858 – the year that Darwin and Wallace presented the idea of Natural Selection!

The society has a programme of monthly lectures, running from October to May, on topics by leading experts in their fields. We also run field excursions from April to September.

Geological Society of Glasgow excursion guides on Earthwise

Two excursion guides published on Earthwise by the Geological Society of Glasgow are:

Excursion guide to the Moine geology of the Northern Highlands of Scotland Edited by Rob Strachan, Clark Friend, Ian Alsop, and Suzanne Miller (Published jointly with the Edinburgh Geological Society and the National Mueseums of Scotland

Excursion guide to the geology of the Isle of Skye by B.R. Bell & J.W. Harris

Excursion itineries available for download from the Geological Society of Glasgow website

In addition to the above complete excursion guides the society has a series of downloadable excursion itineries on its website covering:

Central belt

Corrie Burn(from Glasgow & Girvan guide)

Glasgow's building stones(booklet)

Glasgow University building stonesGlasgow University Building Stones (booklet)

Dumbarton Rock (leaflet)

Dumbarton Rock (from Glasgow & Girvan guide)

Fossil Grove (leaflet)

Fossil Grove (from Glasgow & Girvan guide)

Rouken Glen (from Glasgow & Girvan guide)

Loch Lomond area

Aberfoyle District (from Glasgow & Girvan guide)

Ardmore Point (leaflet)

Ardmore Point (from Glasgow & Girvan guide)

Balmaha (leaflet)

Balmaha (from Glasgow & Girvan guide)

Ayrshire & Arran

Ballantrae District (from Glasgow & Girvan guide)

Corrie Shore (Arran) (new itinerary, published in 2015)

Drumadoon (Arran) (new itinerary, published in 2015)

Heads of Ayr (from Glasgow & Girvan guide*)

Lochranza District (new itinerary, published in 2015)

Argyll

Knapdale (leaflet)