# Bow Fiddle Rock

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Scottish rock formation

Bow Fiddle Rock

A violin bow tip

**Bow Fiddle Rock** is a [natural sea arch](/source/Natural_arch) near [Portknockie](/source/Portknockie) on the north-eastern coast of [Scotland](/source/Scotland). It is so called because it resembles the tip of a [fiddle](/source/Fiddle) [bow](/source/Violin_bow).[1]

It is composed of [Quartzite](/source/Quartzite), a [metamorphic rock](/source/Metamorphic_rock) which was originally [quartz](/source/Quartz) [sandstone](/source/Sandstone).[1] This rock is part of the Cullen Quartzite formation which is seen along the coast between [Buckie](/source/Buckie) and [Cullen](/source/Cullen%2C_Moray). The formation is some 2,400m thick and dates from the [Neoproterozoic Era](/source/Neoproterozoic_Era), 1,000 to 539 million years ago.[2]

The rocks were folded when the ancient continents of Laurentia and Avalonia collided during the [Caledonian orogeny](/source/Caledonian_orogeny). They later became exposed at the surface where sea and weather eroded the structure seen today.[1] The rock formation is both a tourist attraction and nesting place for sea birds including [herring gulls](/source/Herring_gulls), [great black-backed gulls](/source/Great_black-backed_gulls) and [lesser black-backed gulls](/source/Lesser_black-backed_gull).[3]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-scotgeo_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-scotgeo_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-scotgeo_1-2) ["Bow Fiddle Rock, Portknockie"](http://www.scottishgeology.com/geo/regional-geology/grampian/bow-fiddle-rock-portknockie/). *Scottish Geology*. Scottish Geodiversity Forum. Retrieved 13 September 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-cqf_2-0)** ["Cullen Quartzite Formation"](http://www.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=CUQU). *[British Geological Survey](/source/British_Geological_Survey)*. [Natural Environment Research Council](/source/Natural_Environment_Research_Council). Retrieved 13 September 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-cb_3-0)** ["BOW FIDDLE ROCK - PORTKNOCKIE"](http://www.britainexplorer.com/articles/item/287-bow-fiddle-rock). *Britain Explorer*. Curious Britannia Ltd. Retrieved 13 September 2015.

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