The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Bilsdean Sandstone

Computer Code: BIS Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Visean Age (CV) — Visean Age (CV)
Lithological Description: Yellow fine-grained even bedded sandstone.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: c,12m
Geographical Limits: Type locality is at Bilsdean, near Cockburnspath, Berwickshire.
Parent Unit: Strathclyde Group (SYG)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Clough, C T, Barrow, G, Crampton, C B, Maufe, H B, Anderson, E M and Bailey, E B . 1910. The geology of East Lothian (2nd edition). Memoir of the Geological Survey, Scotland, Sheets 33 and parts of 34 and 41. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable