Colonsay Group

Colonsay Group
Stratigraphic range: Neoproterozoic
Smaull Greywacke Formation, near Rubha Lamanais, Rinns of Islay
TypeGroup
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherShale, siltstone
Location
RegionInner Hebrides
Type section
Named forColonsay
Geological map of Islay
Folds in the Smaull Greywacke Formation at Campa on Islay

The Colonsay Group is an estimated 5,000 m thick sequence of mildly metamorphosed Neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks that outcrop on the islands of Colonsay, Islay and Oronsay and the surrounding seabed. They have been correlated with the Grampian Group, the oldest part of the Dalradian Supergroup.