| P number: | P527815 |
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| Caption: | Limestone from Inverteil, Fifeshire. |
| Description: | A grey uniform muddy limestone displaying a fossil shell, possibly a brachiopod from Inverteil, Fifeshire. BGS Sample SL 121. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7591. An outcrop of the Carboniferous, Lower Limestone Group, Charlestown Main Limestone can be traced from two miles north-east of Inverkeithing 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. The principal seam in the Lower Limestone Group is the Charlestown Main Limestone, it is normally six to ten feet thick though it can swell out to twice that size where reef knolls have formed. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 203.94 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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