| Computer Code: |
BLFB |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Mid Devonian Epoch (DM)
— Mid Devonian Epoch (DM) |
| Lithological Description: |
Variable clast and matrix supported conglomerate of rounded cobbles and boulders in a medium to coarse sand matrix. Sparse, discontinuous beds of medium to coarse sand with fine to medium gravel typically less than 5m thick but locally up to 40m. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Thickness: |
Estimated maximum thickness 350m |
| Geographical Limits: |
The conglomerate bed occurs in the vicinity of the village of Bellfield, just west of Charleston on the Black Isle, 4 km to the north-west of Inverness and extends north-east to underlie low hills near Drumsmittal. |
| Parent Unit: |
Avoch Sandstone Member (AVM)
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| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Road cutting along the A9 near Bellfield, north-west of Inverness. Sheet 83E. NH64NW. |
| Reference(s): |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S083
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