Staffin & Dinosaur Footprints

Staffin is a crofting township on the northeast coast of the Trotternish peninsula on the Isle of Skye, located about 27 km north of Portree along the A855 coastal road. Known in Gaelic as An Taobh Sear, meaning 'the East Side', the township is overlooked by the Trotternish Ridge to the west, which creates dramatic cliffs and landslip scenery. The foreshore at Staffin Bay has yielded significant Middle Jurassic dinosaur trackways and fossil bones, making it one of Scotland's most important palaeontological sites.