Geological Survey of Scotland, 1:63,360/1:50,000 geological map series

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Sheet number Sheet title Published year View record
4E  Wigtown. 1981  Full entry
4W  Kirkcowan. 1982  Full entry
[Country between Folkestone and Rye, including the whole of Romney Marsh and Dungeness.] 1863  Full entry
[Country between Folkestone and Rye, including the whole of Romney Marsh and Dungeness.] 1863  Full entry
[Country between Folkestone and Rye, including the whole of Romney Marsh and Dungeness.] 1863  Full entry
[Country between Folkestone and Rye, including the whole of Romney Marsh and Dungeness.] 1863  Full entry
[Wigtown] 1877  Full entry
[Wooler, Chillingham, Belford, Bamborough. Castle, Holy Island, and the Farne Islands.] 1890  Full entry
[Newcastle upon Tyne, Stockton.] 1907  Full entry
Holy Island. 1925  Full entry
[Newcastle upon Tyne, Stockton.] 1952  Full entry
Holy Island. 1953  Full entry
Holy Island. 1962  Full entry
[Newcastle upon Tyne, Stockton.] 1962  Full entry
Holy Island. 1970  Full entry
[Newcastle upon Tyne, Stockton.] 1970  Full entry
Holy Island. 1974  Full entry
[Newcastle upon Tyne, Stockton.] 1976  Full entry
4E  Wigtown. 1978  Full entry
4W  Kirkcowan. 1978  Full entry
4E  Wigtown. 1992  Full entry
4W  Kirkcowan. 1992  Full entry
Wigtown. 1925  Full entry
Wigtown. 1964  Full entry
37  Sheet SE 30 Barnsley. 1987  Full entry
48 N - 08 W  Parsons Bank Sheet 48 N - 08 W (Part) Sea Bed Sediments and Geology. 1985  Full entry
Dunfanaghy 1890  Full entry
  Colours & signs employed in the Ordnance Geological maps of Cornwall, Devon and west Somerset. 2nd index 1839. Copy made 22.6.07, by H.E.G. Initialed 'H.W.G.W.' (original with maps 20–27, 2nd ed.) [BGS Archive Reference GSM/DC/S/3.] 1839  Full entry
Horizontal section 4. Section from the Old Red Sandstone Mynydd Bwlch-y-groes, Brecknockshire, to Craig-ddu on the coast of Cardigan Bay between Aber-Arth &. Llansantfraid by A.C. Ramsay. Reference geological maps 41, 42 N.W., 57 S.E., N.W. 1845  Full entry
No. 1. Section from Glencree across Sugar Loaf Hill, in the County of Wicklow. No. 2 Section from Lough Tay to near Five Mile Point in the County of Wicklow. 1848  Full entry
[ No. 1.] Section of the Lower Coal Measures, North Crop, near Llandibie, Caermarthenshire. By Sir Henry De la Beche. [No. 2.] Section of the Lower Coal Measures, North Crop, at Cwm Twrch, near Ystradgynlas, Brecknockshire. By Sir Henry De la Beche. [No. 3.] Forest-fach Level, Cwm Gwendraeth by W.E. Logan [No. 4.] Section shewing the Black Band Ironstone at the Cambrian Iron and Spelter Works, Glamorganshire by John Petherick. [No. 5.] Section of the Coal Measures at Llansamlet, near Swansea by W.E. Logan. [No. 6.] Section of the Coal Measures at Bryn Coch, Dyffryn, Neath, Glamorganshire by W.E. Logan. [Maps 36, 37, 41.] 1850  Full entry
Horizontal section 4. Section from the Old Red Sandstone Mynydd Bwlch-y-groes, Brecknockshire, to Craig-ddu on the coast of Cardigan Bay between Aber-Arth &. Llansantfraid by A.C. Ramsay. Reference geological maps 41, 42 N.W., 57 S.E., N.W. 1858  Full entry
Section from Gally Head, on the South coast of Cork, past Macroom to the Coalfield north of Millstreet between Mallow and Killarney. Reference to geological maps, 1 inch scale Sheets 174, 185, 193, 194, 201. 1860  Full entry
Section from Auchendrane near Ayr therough the Ayr, Kilwinning and Dalry Coalfields to the Firth of Clyde near Fairlie. By Archibald Geikie. Reference Geological maps Six-inch scale 6, 7, 11, 12, 17, 22, 27, 33, 39 Ayrshire. One-inch scale 14, 21, 22. 1871  Full entry
Section from Auchendrane near Ayr therough the Ayr, Kilwinning and Dalry Coalfields to the Firth of Clyde near Fairlie. By Archibald Geikie. Reference Geological maps Six-inch scale 6, 7, 11, 12, 17, 22, 27, 33, 39 Ayrshire. One-inch scale 14, 21, 22. 1871  Full entry
Vertical section 4. Vertical Sections illustrative of the Clyde Basin Coalfields. Arranged by James Geikie. Maps. 23, 30, 31, 1-inch, and 2, 6, 8, 9, 17, 18, 19, 31, Lanarkshire; 13, Renfrewshire; 23, 25, Dumbartonshire, 6-inch. 1874  Full entry
21  Lough Allen Coalfield. Leitrim. Sheet 21 (1877) 1877  Full entry
Sheet 4  [Isle of Man.] 1896  Full entry
Sheet 4  [Isle of Man.] 1897  Full entry
Hydrogeological map of the Chalk and Lower Greensand of Kent -Sheet 2. Folkstone Beds & Hythe Beds. 1970  Full entry
ii  [Title page, rear] 1978  Full entry
  [Flyleaf, rear] [This page contains no information] 1997  Full entry
Regional geochemistry of Wales and part of west-central England: streamwater. Geocemeg rhanbarthol Cymru a rhan o orllewin-canolbarth Lloegr: dwr nant [Title page] 1999  Full entry
  [Flyleaf, rear] [This page contains no information] 2000  Full entry
[Winchelsea, Hastings, Eastbourne, Seaford, Newhaven, Lewes, Battle.] 1893  Full entry
The Cheviot. 1932  Full entry
The Cheviot. 1951  Full entry
The Cheviot. 1971  Full entry
5W  Kirkcudbright. 1980  Full entry
5E  Dalbeattie. 1981  Full entry
[Winchelsea, Hastings, Eastbourne, Seaford, Newhaven, Lewes, Battle.] 1864  Full entry
[Winchelsea, Hastings, Eastbourne, Seaford, Newhaven, Lewes, Battle.] 1864  Full entry
[Kirkcudbright] 1879  Full entry
[Part of the Cheviots, English side.] 1888  Full entry
[Part of the Cheviots, English side.] 1888  Full entry
[Winchelsea, Hastings, Eastbourne, Seaford, Newhaven, Lewes, Battle.] 1893  Full entry
[Winchelsea, Hastings, Eastbourne, Seaford, Newhaven, Lewes, Battle.] 1893  Full entry
5 & 6  [Lancaster, Preston, Wigan, Southport, Isle of Man.] 1907  Full entry
5E  Dalbeattie. 1977  Full entry
5W  Kirkcudbright. 1977  Full entry
49 N - 10 W  Cockburn Bank Sheet 49 N - 10 W Solid Geology. 1991  Full entry
5E and part of 6W  Dalbeattie. 1993  Full entry
5E and part of 6W  Dalbeattie. 1993  Full entry
5W  Kirkcudbright. 1993  Full entry
5W  Kirkcudbright. 1993  Full entry
Kirkcudbright. 1927  Full entry
Kirkcudbright. 1962  Full entry
The Cheviot. 1976  Full entry
Carndonagh 1890  Full entry
Horizontal section 5. No. 1. Section across the Old Red Sandstone and underlying rocks from the Black Mountain Range, S.E. of Glasbury, to Allt-wen, Cardigan Bay, near Aberystwyth. Reference geological maps 42 N.E., 56 S.E.,S.W. & N.W., 57 N.E. 1845  Full entry
  Index to the colours & signs employed in the Geological Survey of Great Britain, for south western England & South Wales. n.d. (about 1844, see sheet 35 Jan 1845). [BGS Archive Reference GSM/DC/S/3.] 1845  Full entry
Horizontal section 5. No. 1. Section across the Old Red Sandstone and underlying rocks from the Black Mountain Range, S.E. of Glasbury, to Allt-wen, Cardigan Bay, near Aberystwyth. Reference geological maps 42 N.E., 56 S.E.,S.W. & N.W., 57 N.E. 1846  Full entry
Horizontal section 5. No. 1. Section across the Old Red Sandstone and underlying rocks from the Black Mountain Range, S.E. of Glasbury, to Allt-wen, Cardigan Bay, near Aberystwyth. Reference geological maps 42 N.E., 56 S.E.,S.W. & N.W., 57 N.E. 1846  Full entry
Vertical section of the South Welsh Coal Measures from Penllergare, Glamorgan, to the North Crop, near Tair Carn and Pant-y-gwastad, Caermarthenshire. By Sir Henry De la Beche. [Maps 37, 38, 41.] 1850  Full entry
Vertical Section of the South Welsh Coal Measures from Penllergare, Glamorgan, to the North Crop, near Tair Carn and Pant-y-gwastad, Caermarthenshire. By Sir Henry De la Beche. [Maps 37, 38, 41.] 1850  Full entry
Horizontal section 5. No. 1. Section across the Old Red Sandstone and underlying rocks from the Black Mountain Range, S.E. of Glasbury, to Allt-wen, Cardigan Bay, near Aberystwyth. Reference geological maps 42 N.E., 56 S.E.,S.W. & N.W., 57 N.E. 1858  Full entry
Horizontal section 5. No. 1. Section across the Old Red Sandstone and underlying rocks from the Black Mountain Range, S.E. of Glasbury, to Allt-wen, Cardigan Bay, near Aberystwyth. Reference geological maps 42 N.E., 56 S.E.,S.W. & N.W., 57 N.E. 1858  Full entry
No. 1. Section from Flat Head on the coast West of the mouth of Cork Harbour, by Minane across Carrigaline Water by Coolmore, and over the ground West of Monkstown and Passage to the shore of Loch Mahon close to Carrigrenan Point. No. 2 Section commencing at a point 2 and a half miles West of the northern end of No. 1. and passing by Garryduff, Blackrock, Glanmire and Riverstown to a point one mile West of Watergrass Hill. No. 3. Section commencing at a point 3 miles east of the termination of No. 2. and passing by Rathcormack and Fermoy and through the village of Downing. Reference to geological maps, 1 inch scale Sheets 195, 187, 176. 1860  Full entry
Section from near Loch Doon through Dalmellington and Kilmarnock Coal-Fields to border of Renfreshire at Corsewell Bridge. By Archibald Geikie. Reference Geological maps Six-inch scale 9, 13, 18, 23, 28, 34, 40, 41, 46, 52 Ayrshire. One-inch scale 14, 22. 1871  Full entry
Section from near Loch Doon through Dalmellington and Kilmarnock Coal-Fields to border of Renfreshire at Corsewell Bridge. By Archibald Geikie. Reference Geological maps Six-inch scale 9, 13, 18, 23, 28, 34, 40, 41, 46, 52 Ayrshire. One-inch scale 14, 22. 1871  Full entry
Lough Allen Coalfield. Roscommon. Sheet 1 1875  Full entry
Vertical section 5. Vertical Sections illustrative of the Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Coalfields. Arranged by B.N. Peach. Maps. 31, 39, 1-inch; 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 38, Stirlingshire; 19A, 20, 25, 26, Dumbartonshire. 133, 134, 139, 140, 142, Perth and Clackmannanshire, 6-inch. 1877  Full entry
Sheet 5  [Lake District and parts of Durham, Yorkshire and Lancashire.] 1896  Full entry
Sheet 5  [Lake District and parts of Durham, Yorkshire and Lancashire.] 1896  Full entry
Sheet 5  [Lake District and parts of Durham, Yorkshire and Lancashire.] 1906  Full entry
Sheet 5  [Sutherlandshire, Caithness (West), and Ross and Cromartyshire (N.W. Part).] 1934  Full entry
Sheet 5  [Sutherlandshire, Caithness (West), and Ross and Cromartyshire (N.W. Part).] 1934  Full entry
Sheet 5  [Sutherlandshire, Caithness (West), and Ross and Cromartyshire (N.W. Part).] 1948  Full entry
Sheet 5  [Sutherlandshire, Caithness (West), and Ross and Cromartyshire (N.W. Part).] 1966  Full entry
Sheet 5  [Sutherlandshire, Caithness (West), and Ross and Cromartyshire (N.W. Part).] 1972  Full entry
iii  Foreward 1978  Full entry
Hydrogeological map of Northern East Anglia Sheet 1. Regional hydrological characteristics and explanatory notes. 1981  Full entry
35  Sheet SH 66 and SH 67 (Parts of sheets) Bethesda and Foel-Fras. 1986  Full entry
Regional geochemistry of North-west England and North Wales [Title page] 1997  Full entry
ii  [Title page, rear] 1999  Full entry
Regional geochemistry of Wales and part of west-central England: Stream sediment and soil. Geocemeg rhanbarthol Cymru a rahn o orllwin-canolbarth Lloegr: gwaddod nant a phridd [Front cover] [Title page] 2000  Full entry
[Bromley, Chatham, Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, East Grinstead, Cranbrook.] 1889  Full entry
[Bromley, Chatham, Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, East Grinstead, Cranbrook.] 1889  Full entry
[Alnwick, Howick, Dunstanborough Castle.] 1895  Full entry
Alnwick. 1930  Full entry