The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Castle Of Cowie Member

Computer Code: CCW Preferred Map Code: CCW
Status Code: Full
Age range: Homerian Age (SH) — Gorstian Age (SG)
Lithological Description: Medium-grained, quartzo-feldspathic sandstone interbedded with red siltstone and silty sandstone.
Definition of Lower Boundary: At the base of the lowest metre-thick red siltstone above the Purple Sandstone 'Member'.
Definition of Upper Boundary: At the top of the highest metre-thick red siltstone bed beneath the Brown and Grey Sandstone 'Member'.
Thickness: 74 m thick.
Geographical Limits: Stonehaven area.
Parent Unit: Cowie Sandstone Formation (CWE)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Section  Coastal section at Old Kirk Shore, Stonehaven. 
Reference(s):
Browne, M A E, Smith, R A and Aitken, A M. 2001. A lithostratigraphical framework for the Devonian (Old Red Sandstone) rocks of Scotland south of a line from Fort William to Aberdeen. Version 3. British Geological Survey Research Report RR/01/04. 
Carroll, S, 1994. Geology of the Stonehaven District. 1:10 000 Sheets NO88NW, NO88NE, NO88SW and NO88SE. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/94/19. 
Armstrong, M, Donovan, R M, and Paterson, I B. 1978. Angus and Kincardine. In Friend, P F, and Williams, B P J (editors). A field guide to selected outcrop areas of the Devonian of Scotland, the Welsh Borderland and South Wales. Palaeontological Association. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S067