Leadhills district map pack - Sheet Explanation for sheet S15E plus 1:50 000 (S&D) map
Price £18.00(no VAT)
This pack contains a Sheet Explanation for the district and the complementary 1:50 000 scale Bedrock Geology and Superficial Deposits map (folded). Sheet Explanations provide a brief description and interpretation of the geology of the relevant map sheet area.
The A5 Sheet Explanation booklet and the map are supplied in a transparent wallet. While it is possible to buy the map and Sheet Explanation separately, buying them together as map pack saves you £3.
The Leadhills district lies at the northern margin of the Southern Uplands. It straddles the Southern Upland Fault and includes a small area of the Midland Valley in the northwest of the district. The Southern Uplands Terrane, to the south of the fault, is characterised by rolling hills of Lower Palaeozoic rocks, with several Carboniferous and Permian outliers. The Midland Valley Terrane consists mainly of Siluro-Devonian sandstone and minor lava flows, and includes the southern part of the formerly important Douglas Coalfield. The district is largely rural, with the main population centres in the villages of Abington and Crawford in the valley of the River Clyde, and in the former mining communities of Leadhills and Wanlockhead in the Lowther Hills.
ISBN XS015ESEM
Sheet(s) Covered S015E
Year Published 2003
