Volcanoes on the Fife coast?

Well, it has been quite a while since my last post - but the time has come!  And I have some great images for you.

The first picture is a dramatic column made of two volcanic rocks. The blue sky actually occurred on a lovely January day at the shore between St Monans and Elie in Fife. In the distance you can see a ruined castle and the steeple of Elie church.

This stretch of coast is intensely volcanic. A little further south a group of geologists traversed the Elie chain walk to view some exciting features.

During the lunch break a wave cut notch provided shelter from the rain.

But across this small bay there was a dramatic tower of regular columns of rock.  These are the remnant of a magma lake that lay within the neck of an ancient volcano.

Close up, these rocks are very impressive.