New Cumnock district map pack - Sheet Explanation for sheet S15W plus 1:50 000 (S&D) map

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 New Cumnock district is divided into the Midland Valley and Southern Uplands terranes by the Southern Upland Fault. The Midland Valley terrane lies north of the fault and is occupied predominantly by Upper Palaeozoic rocks forming rolling hills and moorland with the lower ground around New Cumnock and Muirkirk underlain by coal-bearing rocks. The higher ground of the Southern Uplands terrane is mainly formed of Lower Palaeozoic rocks interrupted by an Upper Carboniferous outlier north-west of Sanquhar. The main population centres are the towns of Muirkirk, New Cumnock and Sanquhar, and a few villages such as Kirkconnel. These are widely scattered and are separated by areas of agricultural land and wide expanses of moorland.

Author Smith, R.A.

Sheet(s) Covered S015

Year Published 2000