Bow Fiddle Rock
Bow Fiddle Rock was given its name from its appearance being likened to the tip of a bow protruding from the Portknockie waters of the North Sea.
The rock is part of a larger mass of quartzite which runs from Buckpool, the west end of Buckie, to Logie Head, the main headland east of Cullen.
Quartzite is a metamorphic rock, which means that it has been altered in nature by heat or by pressure. In this case layers of sandstone, grit and sediment piled upon each other creating immense pressure to create the much denser rock that is there today.
Ancient continents Laurentia and Avalonia collided crumpling the strata/rock here, producing the rocks downward slope which can be seen in bigger proportions by looking at the larger area.