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Tilted rock layers and rock pools on the foreshore at St Monans, Fife

St Monans

The shore east of St Monans harbour combines fossil-rich limestone, sandstone surfaces patterned by trace fossils, and the sharply folded beds of the St Monans Syncline. An observation-led walk towards the bathing pool, windmill and Pathhead reveals changing Carboniferous environments and much younger raised beaches. Carboniferous, Cliffs and Foreshore, Rating: ♦♦♦