North West Highlands Geopark

[3][4] The park contains many notable geological features, such as the Moine Thrust Belt and Smoo Cave and covers an area of around 2,000 square kilometres (770 sq mi).

The controversy, the so-called "Highlands Controversy", was resolved by Ben Peach and John Horne who found that the Moine rocks had been pushed some 70 kilometres east over the top of the younger rocks by tectonic action.

Its inscription reads: To Ben N Peach and John Horne who played the foremost part in unravelling the geological structure of the North West Highlands 1883–1897.

This crag is where the Moine is where the apparent anomaly in the ages of the rocks was first seen, and is where the thrust belt was first identified.

[12] Archaeological excavations have found evidence of human habitation dating back to the Mesolithic period.

The highly distinctive Suilven is perhaps the most notable mountain within the park, and its image is used in promotional material.

[16] Other mountains to be found here include Stac Pollaidh, Canisp, Quinag, Foinaven and Arkle.