| Computer Code: |
DHF |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Mid Devonian Epoch (DM)
— Mid Devonian Epoch (DM) |
| Lithological Description: |
Clast supported conglomerate; rounded pebbles, cobbles and boulders in a matrix of coarse sand. Subordinate beds of coarse sandstone and pebbly sandstone. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Faulted against sandstones of the Inverness Sandstone Group. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Conformable with overlying sandstones of the Inverness Sandstone Group. |
| Thickness: |
The maximum thickness of the unit is estimated to be 550m. |
| Geographical Limits: |
The unit underlies a ridge of high ground that runs north-east from Dunain Hill to the western edge of the city of Inverness near South Kessock. |
| Parent Unit: |
Inverness Sandstone Group (INS)
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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 |
The unit is well exposed in crags and minor quarries at Dunain Hill, 4km to the south-west of Inverness. Sheet 83 E. NH64SW |
| 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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