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Odd places day road trip around GB

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Stops8
Route estimate72 km
Minimum time8 hours
Best formatDay road trip
Stop 1 · UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK

Arran UNESCO Global Geopark

GB

Visit Hutton’s Unconformity, where James Hutton’s 1787 observations showed that the Earth was far older than previously believed—revealed in the striking meeting point between vertical schist and overlying layers of sandstone.Explore the Lochranza slate quarry, home to 540-million-year-old rocks once quarried for roofing, and spot crystals of pyrite—known as ‘fool’s gold’—among the discarded slate.Visit the Isle of Arran Heritage Museum, housed in former croft buildings at Rosaburn, where exhibi

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