Roukenglen - A story of time
Hidden in plain sight in Roukenglen is a story of the passage of time.
An ancient burn flows through the heart of the park and along its course lie treasures of geology. Treasures from a past 350 million years ago when Scotland lay near the equator.
We wonder at the migrations of present day birds and animals, often in large numbers and covering large distances. This is a story which is even more amazing, a story of the migration of a land mass over millions of years.
The distance it has covered is impressive. In this case , from a position near the equator with a climate resembling present day Borneo, the land which holds Roukenglen has migrated halfway up the earth to its present day location.
The rocks in the glen reveal clues to the observant eye , of interaction with the seas and more recently ( to be exact 10000 years ago) with glaciers that covered the whole region in a kilometre deep of ice.
I photographed the park in Winter and Spring 2021, and while not a geologist myself, immersed myself in the wonderful textures and shapes of these most ancient of rocks.
An ancient burn flows through the heart of the park and along its course lie treasures of geology. Treasures from a past 350 million years ago when Scotland lay near the equator.
We wonder at the migrations of present day birds and animals, often in large numbers and covering large distances. This is a story which is even more amazing, a story of the migration of a land mass over millions of years.
The distance it has covered is impressive. In this case , from a position near the equator with a climate resembling present day Borneo, the land which holds Roukenglen has migrated halfway up the earth to its present day location.
The rocks in the glen reveal clues to the observant eye , of interaction with the seas and more recently ( to be exact 10000 years ago) with glaciers that covered the whole region in a kilometre deep of ice.
I photographed the park in Winter and Spring 2021, and while not a geologist myself, immersed myself in the wonderful textures and shapes of these most ancient of rocks.
