Siccar Point

Siccar Point
The point seen from the west
The point seen from the west
Siccar Point is located in Scottish Borders
Siccar Point
Siccar Point
Location in the Scottish Borders
Coordinates: 55°55′54″N 2°18′04″W / 55.931588°N 2.3012°W / 55.931588; -2.3012
Grid positionNT812709
Offshore water bodiesNorth Sea
AgeSilurian, Devonian
DesignationIUGS Geological Heritage Site

Siccar Point is a rocky promontory in the county of Berwickshire on the east coast of Scotland. It is famous in the history of geology for Hutton's Unconformity found in 1788, which James Hutton regarded as conclusive proof of his uniformitarian theory of geological development.


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