Kirkcaldy. Sheet Description for sheet S40E (POD) [Report]

Sheet descriptions provide detailed, in-depth geological information for the relevant BGS 1:50 000 scale map sheets. Extensive references and information sources are cited.

They are A4 print-on-demand publications which are supplied bound in clear covers.

This Sheet Description provides the first general account since 1902 of the geology of the area which includes Glenrothes and the port of Kirkcaldy and extends from the North Fife Hills southwards to the hills around Burtisland and from the coast westwards to Loch Gelly. It includes most of the Lomond Hills Regional Park. This part of Fife is scenically attractive and contains many geological features of considerable interest and importance in understanding the geological development of the eastern half of the Midland Valley of Scotland. The central part is rich in industrial legacy because of coal, ironstone, limestone, sandstone and mudstone (for brick) of Carboniferous age which supported a thriving mining industry until recently. [Report]

Author Browne, M.A.E.

Format Report

ISBN 0852723563

Reprographic DP

Sheet(s) Covered S040

Year Published 2000