Scientists have discovered evidence of a catastrophic meteorite strike in Scotland�s distant past. Stephen Phelan visited the scene of our armageddon to find out how likely it is to recur � and how little warning
we would have
LONG before Scotland was Scotland, when the population consisted only of green algae and the Highlands were as dry as Death Valley, a large natural object fell out of space and struck the Earth near where the village of Stoer now stands, in Sutherland.
