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.
Two excursion guides published by the Geological Society of Glasgow are
In addition to the above complete excursion guide the society has a series of downloadable excursion itineries on its website covering:
Central Belt
Corrie BurnCorrie Burn (from Glasgow & Girvan guide*) Glasgow's building stonesGlasgow's Building Stones (booklet) Glasgow 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)