Quinag Wildlife Project – Geology of Quinag
Geology of Quinag: background
Ian M. Evans
No study of the wildlife of Quinag is meaningful without an understanding of the rocks that underlie it, and how they came into being. Their nature and distribution have determined its topography, the pattern of the water-courses that drain its slopes, and the chemistry of its soils and waters. Such factors influence where plants, fungi, animals and other organisms can exist, and how they have been affected, over the last few millennia, by human activities.
We were therefore pleased that Pete Harrison agreed to provide this comprehensive account (view here). Pete first came to the NW Highlands in the 1970s, attracted by the people, landscape and geology. In 1980 he returned as a teacher of physics and geology at Ullapool High School, leaving as Headteacher in 2014 to join the North West Highlands Geopark as Geologist. He continues to learn from the rocks.