Knockan Crag

National Nature Reserve
Creag a Chnocain Tearmann Nadair Naiseanta
Scottish Natural Heritage
Dualchas Nadair na h-Alda

rock route

Loch Assynt

Map showing the location of Loch Assynt
Looking across Loch Assynt from the A837 Lochinver road.  Jan Breckenridge / SNH

Look across loch Assynt to see some of the oldest rocks on the planet and discover how the landscape they formed was lost through time, "fossilised" when younger rocks were laid down on top of them. Ice sheets and glaciers have removed the younger, softer rocks so we can see the hills and valleys of an ancient landscape.