Lowland Outcrops
Author Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC)
Published SMC (2005)
ISBN 0-907521-84-3
Published SMC (2005)
ISBN 0-907521-84-3
Website cordee.co.uk
Review
New and updated version of older book. Has some new climbs. A very usefull guide and a must have to find those hard to reach crags.
Crags covered by this Guide
| Berwickshire crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cove | 10 | Sandstone (soft) | all |
| Craighouse | 10 | - | SE |
| Midden Crag (Fastcastle) | 17 | Greywacke | E |
| The Souter (Fastcastle) | 71 | Greywacke | E |
| Borders crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| Fatlips Crag | 9 | Dolerite | SE |
| Dumfries and Galloway crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| Airdrie Hill | 20 | Granite | S |
| Balcary | 3 | Greywacke | ? |
| Barlocco | 0 | Conglomerate | ? |
| Bennanbrack | 2 | Ice | ? |
| Broken Cleugh | 1 | Ice | N |
| Clatteringshaws Crag | 1 | Granite | SW |
| Clawbelly Hill Slabs | 2 | Granite | E |
| Clifton Crag | 88 | Granite | SW |
| Clints of the Spout | 6 | Granite | E |
| Corwar | 12 | Granite | S |
| Craig Neldricken | 1 | Granite | S |
| craigdews | 27 | Granite | S |
| Craighoar | 7 | Sandstone (hard) | SE |
| Craignelder | 36 | Granite | all |
| Crammag Head South | 15 | Greywacke | ? |
| Dob's Linn | 2 | Ice | E |
| Finnart's Point | 12 | - | W |
| Firthhope Falls | 1 | - | ? |
| Firthybrig Head | 2 | - | E |
| Fish Kettle (Galloway) | 5 | Greywacke | ? |
| Fortress Slab | 1 | Granite | ? |
| Gaw Glen crag | 5 | Basalt | SW |
| Georgetown Quarry | 4 | Sandstone (hard) | ? |
| Glenwhargen Craig | 9 | - | SW |
| Grey Mare's Tail | 3 | Ice | SE |
| Juniper Rock | 3 | - | ? |
| Laggantalluch | 50 | Granite | W |
| Larbrax | 19 | Greywacke | S |
| Lion's Head | 7 | Mica schist | SE |
| Little Cloak | 1 | Granite | W |
| Loch Grannoch Slabs | 40 | Granite | ? |
| Lot's Wife | 4 | Greywacke | all |
| Maidenbower Craigs | 3 | Conglomerate | ? |
| Meikle Ross | 114 | Greywacke | SE |
| Merrick | 34 | - | all |
| Millour | 0 | Granite | ? |
| Money Head | 15 | Greywacke | ? |
| Monreith | 15 | Greywacke | all |
| Mull of Galloway | 70 | Greywacke | ? |
| Point of the Cleugh | 14 | Granite | ? |
| Portpatrick Quarry | 1 | Greywacke | ? |
| Raven Craig | 3 | Ice | ? |
| Rhinns of Kells | 18 | Granite | all |
| Screel Hill | 0 | Granite | ? |
| Shiel Burn | 1 | Ice | ? |
| Southwick Needle's Eye | 0 | Greywacke | S |
| Swatte Fell | 7 | Ice | all |
| The Lookout | 5 | Greywacke | SE |
| The Witch Rock | 2 | - | ? |
| Thirlstane | 84 | Sandstone (hard) | SE |
| East Dunbartonshire crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| Craigmore | 189 | Basalt | NE |
| Craigton | 142 | Basalt | NE |
| Pillar Crag | 40 | Basalt | N |
| Slackdhu | 20 | Dolerite | SW |
| The Whangie | 84 | Basalt | W |
| East Lothian crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breeches Rock | 4 | Sandstone (hard) | all |
| Traprain Law | 90 | Trachyte | S |
| East Renfrewshire crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| Court Knowe Quarry | 27 | Dolerite | SW |
| Neilston Quarry | 43 | Dolerite | W |
| Windyhill Quarry | 41 | Basalt | S |
| Fife crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| Bell Rock | 1 | Sandstone (hard) | S |
| Bishop Hill | 65 | Dolerite | SW |
| Buddo Rock | 0 | Sandstone (soft) | ? |
| Craigengaw | 7 | Sandstone (hard) | NW |
| Glenvale | 5 | Sandstone (hard) | NW |
| Hawkcraig | 73 | Dolerite | S |
| Inverkeithing Quarry | 2 | Dolerite | all |
| Isle of May | 0 | Dolerite | SW |
| Kinneston Craigs | 0 | Dolerite | S |
| Limekilns | 63 | Limestone | all |
| Maiden Rock | 13 | Sandstone (soft) | all |
| Rock and Spindle | 1 | Sandstone (soft) | ? |
| Rosyth Quarry | 68 | Dolerite | S |
| Glasgow crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| Clochoderick Stone | 28 | Basalt | all |
| Lanarkshire crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| Jackdaw & Croy Quarries | 4 | Dolerite | N |
| Midlothian crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| Arthur's Seat | 46 | Basalt | all |
| Blackford Quarry | 22 | Dolerite | SW |
| Caerketton Hill | 9 | Rhyolite | all |
| Corbie's Craig | 14 | Dolerite | S |
| Edinburgh Castle Rock | 2 | Dolerite | N |
| Ratho Quarry | 90 | Dolerite | all |
| Roslin Glen | 60 | Sandstone (soft) | NE |
| Salisbury Crags | 135 | Dolerite | SW |
| North Ayrshire crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| The Quadrocks | 27 | Basalt | W |
| Perthshire crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| Achray Wall | 4 | Schist | E |
| Ben A'an | 28 | Schist | all |
| Creagan an Amair Ghlais | 2 | Schist | NE |
| Renfrewshire crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| Craig Minnan | 1 | Basalt | ? |
| Windyhill Woods | 16 | Dolerite | NE |
| South Lanarkshire crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| Loudoun Hill | 71 | Trachyte | S |
| Stirlingshire crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| Auchinstarry Quarry | 143 | Dolerite | S |
| Cambusbarron Quarry (aka Thorntons Quarry) | 75 | Dolerite | S |
| Cambusbarron West Quarry (aka Fourth Quarry) | 58 | Dolerite | W |
| Carn na Muice | 7 | - | SW |
| Carron Glen - Kamikaze Squirrel Crag | 9 | Basalt | S |
| Clynder Main Quarry | 20 | Slate | SE |
| Crag One | 2 | - | W |
| Creag a' Mhadaidh | 3 | - | ? |
| Creagan Tom Dubh | 5 | - | W |
| Hole in the Forest Quarry | 15 | Slate | N |
| Loch Lomond, West Highland Way Boulders | 18 | Mica schist | W |
| North Third | 20 | Dolerite | SE |
| Rosneath Quarry | 0 | Slate | all |
| Ross Point | 10 | Slate | NW |
| Sheriffmuir Buttress | 13 | Diorites | SW |
| Wild Swans Buttress | 6 | - | W |
| Wolfcrag Quarry | 109 | Sandstone (hard) | S |
| Strathclyde crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| Highcraig Quarry | 3 | Dolerite | S |
| West Dumbarton crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| Bowling | 9 | Basalt | S |
| West Dunbartonshire crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| Dunellan Crag | 21 | Basalt | SW |
| West Lothian crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| Beecraigs Country Park | 0 | - | E |
| Binny Craig | 7 | Trachyte | W |
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