Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: Laxford Bay

Laxford Bay is the south-eastern extremity of Loch Laxford, a sea loch cut through the Lewisian Gneiss 'knock and lochan' landscape of Sutherland in NW Scotland. A remote, peaceful place.

A closer view of the sheared Lewisian Gneiss from the previous photograph. The gneiss has a steeply dipping foliation, displaying small-scale folding and rotation of the the quartz-rich pod just above and to the right of the lens cap. Roadside rock cutting on the A383, Laxford Bay, Sutherland.

Lewisian Gneiss with a steeply dipping foliation, displaying small-scale folding and rotation of the the quartz-rich pod just above and to the right of the lens cap. Roadside rock cutting on the A383, Laxford Bay, Sutherland.