Kirkcaldy district map pack - Sheet Explanation for sheet S40E 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 Sheet Explanation 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.

Author Browne, M.A.E.

Sheet(s) Covered S040

Year Published 2000