The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Burnhead Intrusion

Computer Code: BUHD Preferred Map Code: BURN
Status Code: Full
Age range: Silurian Period (S) — Early Devonian Epoch (DL)
Lithological Description: Minor granitic pluton.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Intrusive.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Intrusive.
Thickness: Elongate intrusion c. 1.7km x 0.5km with long axis orientated roughly E - W.
Geographical Limits: Southern Uplands, Scotland.
Parent Unit: South Of Scotland Granitic Suite (SSCGR)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Area  Area south and southeast of Bennan Hill, c. 7km southsouthwest of Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. 
Reference(s):
Gardiner, C I and Reynolds, S H, 1932. The Loch Doon 'granite' area, Galloway. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London, Vol. 88, p. 1 - 33. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S008