The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Ballagh Limestone Member

Computer Code: BAGH Preferred Map Code: BAGH
Status Code: Full
Age range: Asbian Substage (CR) — Asbian Substage (CR)
Lithological Description: Massive bedded, pale grey to fawn, coarse crinoidal grainstone.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Sharp contact with dark grey limestones and shales of the Dartry Limestone Formation.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Sharp contact with dark grey limestones and shales of the Dartry Limestone Formation.
Thickness: 0 to 6m
Geographical Limits: Exposed over 4km strike length in south County Fermanagh.
Parent Unit: Dartry Limestone Formation (DARL)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Section  Quarry face at Ballagh, 300m south-east of Annagh Manor, County Fermanagh. 
Reference(s):
Legg, I C, 1997. Geological Description of the area around Rosslea. Part of 1:50 000 Geological Sheet 57 (Lisnaskea). Geological Survey of Northern Ireland Technical Report GSNI/97/4. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable