North East Outcrops

Author Neil Morrison
Published SMC (2003)
ISBN 0907521746

Review

A diverse variety of cliffs and rock types can be found in

this comprehensive guidebook, from the sea-cliffs of the Moray Firth and Aberdeen coasts, to the semi-mountain crags of Deeside and Glen Clova and the quarries and sea-cliffs of Angus.

Many new diagrams and maps compliment significant developments at Rosehearty, Portlethen and Arbroath and there is an extensive section on bouldering.

496 pages

16 pages colour illustrations

73 maps and diagrams

Other editions of this guidebook
North East Outcrops SMC (1994)

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Last updated on 31 Mar, 2020

Crags covered by this Guide

Aberdeenshire crags	# climbs	Rocktype	Faces
Alan's Cliff	20	Schist	SE
Alligator Ridge	20	Granite	E
An Cadha Dubh	33	Granite	SW
Arthur Fowlie	19	Granite	NE
Bass Inlet	10	Schist	SE
Bellamore	76	Granite	E
Bennachie - Mither Tap	3	Granite	all
Berry's Loup Stack	11	Schist	?
Berrymuir Head	58	Mica schist	SE
Black Cove	5	-	all
Black Dyke Area	23	Dolerite	SE
Black Rock Gulch	22	Granite	SE
Black Slough	13	Schist	N
Blowup Nose	31	-	all
Boglesheugh	20	Schist	E
Boltsheugh	125	Schist	E
Bridge of One Hair	29	Schist	NE
Brown Crag	20	Schist	SE
Bruin Cove	10	Granite	E
Buchan Walls	9	Granite	SE
Bunstane Wall	4	-	E
Burnbank's Haven	10	Schist	S
Buzz Inlet	8	Schist	N
Cambus O'May Quarries	98	Granite	SE
Car Park Crag	1	Granite	?
Carriage Crag, Wagon Wall	9	-	SE
Castle Wall	2	-	E
Clachnaben	63	Granite	all
Clashfarquhar	89	Schist	S
Clashrodney	69	Granite	E
Clashrodney North	20	Granite	SE
Cnapan Nathraichean	5	Granite	all
Cobbleboards	6	Schist	NE
Coble Boards	6	-	NE
Cock's Caim	7	Granite	N
Colsea Yawn	4	Granite	N
Cove Harbour Crag	5	Granite	N
Crabs Wall	1	Mica schist	S
Crabs' Lair	13	Schist	NE
Crag X (Scotland)	29	Granite	N
Craig Stirling	56	Schist	NE
Cranhill Crag	6	-	SE
Dead McIvor Gulch	13	Schist	NE
Doonie Point	10	-	SE
Drab Crag	9	Mica schist	SE
Dyke's Cliff	14	Schist	NE
Earnsheugh	35	Schist	NE
East of Quarryhead	31	Schist	all
Findon Ness	24	Mica schist	NE
Findon Ness South	14	-	E
Findon Shore Crag	6	-	N
Flaky Buttress	8	Granite	S
Floors Craig	45	Schist	SE
Fulmar Wall	30	Granite	SE
Graymare Slabs (Grey Mare)	33	Granite	E
Hareness	18	Granite	SE
Harper's Wall	15	Granite	E
Hellgate	6	Granite	S
Hidden Treasure Wall	10	Granite	SE
Inlets of the Red Rocks	4	Granite	N
Johns heugh	21	Mica schist	NE
Katty's Leap	90	Granite	NW
Lammylair	9	Granite	N
Long Slough Red Rocks	15	-	N

Angus crags	# climbs	Rocktype	Faces
Meackie Point	20	Granite	SE
Meikle Partans	40	Granite	SE
Mull Cleave	10	-	all
Murdoch Head	106	Granite	all
Newtonhill Bay	55	Mica schist	all
North Corrie of Altduthrie	3	Granite	SE
North Doonies Yawn	19	-	all
Orchestra Cave	33	Schist	E
Pannanich Crag	38	Granite	SE
Pass of Ballater	349	Granite	S
Peel Slough	26	Schist	E
Perdonlie Inlet	31	Granite	S
Petrie's Hole	8	Granite	S
Playstation Buttress	4	Granite	S
Portlethen (Craigmaroinn)	327	Mica schist	SE
Pow Kebbuck	2	-	N
Promontory Wall	13	Granite	S
Red Band Cliff	18	Schist	NE
Red Cliff	20	Granite	E
Red Wall	27	Granite	SE
Redhythe Point	129	-	N
Robie Gow's Prison	10	Granite	S
Robie's Haven	10	-	N
Rock Band Cliff	4	Schist	E
Rosehearty	95	Greywacke	NW
Rotter's Rock	10	Schist	E
Rownies Sclate	12	Granite	NE
Seal's Hole	4	-	S
Seals' Cave	20	Granite	SE
Sickle Row	20	Granite	SE
Silkies Cliff	13	-	SE
Smuggler's Cliff	11	-	S
Souter Head	79	Granite	?
Souter's Hole	2	Granite	E
South Cove	79	Granite	?
South Doonies Yawn	1	-	S
Tangerine Point	15	Schist	E
The Bullers Pillar	3	Granite	SE
The Graip	43	-	SW
The Humpback	39	Granite	SE
The Keel	11	Schist	NE
The Less is More Buttress	5	Schist	S
The Long Slough	32	Granite	E
The Mincer Cliff	5	-	S
The Outpost	6	Granite	S
The Pink Band Cliff	3	-	E
The Rockband Cliff	5	Schist	SE
Tilly Tennant	4	-	all
Tiptoe Slab	10	Granite	SE
Yellow Crag, Clochindare	25	Schist	S
Yoag's Island	6	Granite	E

Arbroath	161	Sandstone (hard)	S
Balmashanner Quarry	36	Sandstone (hard)	N
Elephant Rock	34	Sandstone (hard)	E
Juanjorge	13	Granite	S
Legaston Quarry	74	Sandstone (hard)	NW
Red Craig (Glen Clova)	222	Diorites	W
The Red Head	3	Basalt	NE

Fife crags	# climbs	Rocktype	Faces
Northfield Quarry	7	Basalt	N

Moray crags	# climbs	Rocktype	Faces
Ben Rinnes	6	Granite	all
Covesea	83	Sandstone (hard)	N
Cummingston	319	Sandstone (soft)	N
Logie Head	96	Greywacke	E
Tarlair	17	Sandstone (hard)	NW

Perthshire crags	# climbs	Rocktype	Faces
Ley Quarry	56	Sandstone (hard)	S

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