The Lucken, a clifftop cottage at beautiful Auchmithie Clifftop holiday cottage in fishing village
18/01/2025
I love a walk in Corrie Fee, just beautiful.
Friday's Fascinating Fact: Corrie Fee, a massive bowl scooped out from the rugged mountainside by a glacier during the Ice Age, is considered one of the most picturesque spots in Scotland.
Corrie Fee was created during intensely cold conditions about 12,900 years ago. As accumulated snow compacted into ice, glaciers formed in the area and started to grind out the bottom and sides of the corrie. This process eventually produced the steep, U-shape amphitheatre of cliffs you can see today.
The rocks that lie under Corrie Fee are around 600 million years old and are known as Dalradian rocks. Most Dalradian rocks in Scotland are acidic rocks derived from sands. Some of the rocks under Corrie Fee, however, are derived from less common muddier, lime-rich sediments and volcanic material.
This calcium-rich soil can support the ‘lime-loving’ plants that make the reserve such a fascinating place for botanists and nature-loving visitors. Pay Corrie Fee a visit to see all sorts of rare arctic-alpine plants that grow on the cliffs and wet flushes in the corrie. Some of these plants cannot be found anywhere else in the UK.
