| P number: | P527813 |
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| Caption: | Limestone from Inverteil Quarry, near Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire. |
| Description: | A pale grey uniform limestone with crinoid ossicles from the Inverteil Quarry, near Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire. BGS Sample SL 121. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7589. From about two miles north-east of Inverkeithing the outcrop of the Carboniferous, Lower Limestone Group, Charlestown Main Limestone can be traced at intervals north-eastwards to Loch Gelly, and thence to Chapel. Beyond this it turns southwards by Raith to the Firth of Forth between Kirkcaldy and Kinghorn. There were a number of quarries in the area including Chapel, two miles north-west of Kirkcaldy, Bogie Mains Quarry, one mile north-west of Kirkcaldy and Glenniston about one mile north of Auchtertool. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 208.08 KB; 1000 x 665 pixels; 85 x 56 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 176 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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