An Sgurr, at 393 meters is the highest point on

the Isle of Eigg. Eigg itself is the second largest island of the Small Isles in the council area of Highland in Scotland.
An Sgurr which lies to the north west of the port of Galmisdale has a remarkable geological history. Around 58 million years ago the foundations of An Sgurr were laid down by an active volcano's final eruptions. The viscous pitchstone lava spewing out of the volcano filled a nearby river valley. Over the next 58 million years the softer surrounding basalt rock was eroded much faster than the pitchstone so leaving the the impressive An Sgurr with its ridgeline and the Nose of Sgurr seen here on the right hand side of the hill. File 1959.