Montrose Basin

The section of the basin at Maryton is an important site for the study of the sea level fluctuations following the end of the last glaciation.

[2] The extensive mudflats are home to large populations of invertebrates, especially annelid worms, the snail Hydrobia and the amphipod Corophium.

[4] A visitor centre was opened on the south side of the basin at Rossie Braes[3] by the Scottish Wildlife Trust in 1995.

The oldest evidence for humans in the area dating back as far as over 3,000 BCE, this being the linear monument, known as the cursus, which runs from Powis to Old Montrose.

[8] The Montrose Basin was hit by a tsunami in 6,100 BCE, generated by the massive underwater Storegga Slide, in Norway.