{"id":3344,"date":"2024-02-01T12:24:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T12:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belfastgeologists.org\/?p=3344"},"modified":"2025-07-15T08:40:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T08:40:26","slug":"ballycastle-fieldtrip-joint-belfast-field-naturalists-club-and-belfast-geologists-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belfastgeologists.org\/index.php\/2024\/02\/01\/ballycastle-fieldtrip-joint-belfast-field-naturalists-club-and-belfast-geologists-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballycastle Fieldtrip ( Joint Belfast Field Naturalists Club and Belfast Geologists\u2019 Society)\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3344\" class=\"elementor elementor-3344\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2096d3da elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" 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You can park in other areas and meet at the Diamond at 10.15am.<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>There will be a visit to the Ballycastle museum with a talk from Nic Wright at 10.30am and a visit to Ballycastle coastal sections of Pan\u2019s Rock and Colliery Bay.\u00a0 The road to Colliery Bay cannot be driven along anymore as there has been a collapse near the North Star Dyke close to Marconi\u2019s cottage. We will walk to Bonamargy Friary and along to Pan\u2019s Rock. The walk to Bonamargy Friary and Pan\u2019 Rock will be about 5 kms round trip to the Diamond. For those that want to walk to Colliery Bay, this will add a further distance of about 3kms to the day\u2019s walk. \u00a0Not all members may want to walk further to Colliery Bay.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>We will cover an introduction to the rocks that are found as pebbles on the beach and look at the Carboniferous rocks in situ. We will discuss the environments of formation of the rock and the origin of the Palaeogene igneous rocks. For those that walk further to Colliery Bay we will look at the fossils that can be found in this area and the igneous and sedimentary rocks.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The museum visit and a look at the town urban geology close to the museum will be in the morning.\u00a0 Bring a packed lunch.\u00a0 We will aim to have lunch at the seafront area opposite the Marine hotel. There will be time for a coffee stop and the visit to the coastal section can be a mixture of walking along the coastal section and on the beach so walking boots or walking shoes would need to be worn if you are visiting Colliery Bay.\u00a0 It will be a bit more demanding and can also be observed from the road.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>We would encourage people taking part to join as members or be existing members of the BNFC and \/or BGS. <a href=\"https:\/\/belfastgeologists.org\/index.php\/about-us\/join-us\/\">https:\/\/belfastgeologists.org\/index.php\/about-us\/join-us\/<\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The trip will have 2 distinct parts. If you are attending this trip let us know by email and contact us on <a href=\"mailto:contact@mysite.com\">belfastgeologists@live.co.uk<\/a>.\u00a0 If you are attending the morning or afternoon session let us know if you are there for the day or if you are coming for the afternoon session only let us know. 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