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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12683326883).jpg 1856 <br> HARKNESS LOWEST ROCKS OF ESKDALE <br> 239 <br> At Eskdale-muir Bridge we have <br> evidence of proximity to the axis <br> for here north dips begin to mani- <br> fest themselves <br> There is a small burn which <br> joins the Esk a little to the south <br> of Eskdale-muir Bridge from the <br> east called the K-ennel Burn ; and <br> in the course of this we have the <br> axis well developed see fig 1 ; <br> and here it consists of hard purple <br> grits intersected by veins of calc- <br> spar From this locality it takes <br> a W S W route ; and crossing <br> the Esk we have it displayed near <br> the road which connects Eskdale <br> with Annandale ; and running <br> nearly parallel to this road through <br> the farm of Twiglees it enters the <br> parish of Hutton and is here well <br> seen in the course of the Dryfe <br> Water about half a mile above Bor- <br> land Bridge In this locality it is <br> seen in the form of an anticlinal <br> axis consisting of purple grits like <br> those seen in Rennel Burn and <br> having also the calc-spar veins <br> traversing them <br> In a small burn to the west the <br> Shaw Burn a short distance from <br> the Dryfe the axis also makes its <br> appearance and here it seems to <br> run in the direction of Shaw House <br> In the other small burns to the <br> westward we have S S E dips <br> obtaining which indicate strata <br> occupying a position on the south <br> side of the axis ; but at a quarry <br> situated a short distance N E of <br> Newbiggin House the N N W <br> dips occur pointing out strata on <br> the north side of the axis In the <br> course of the Auchenrodden Burn <br> in the parish of Applegarth we <br> have evidence that the axis crosses <br> the higher portion of this stream ; <br> and here it makes its last appear- <br> ance on the eastern side of Annan- <br> dale ; the areaoccupied by the Corn- <br> cockle-muir sandstone coming on <br> immediately to the westward <br> ¢ <br> o S » <br> g » ps <br> 5 a <br> u <br> 5 o2 <br> – S 5 <br> no £-» <br> as n <br> B5 w <br> S – ST <br> Rennel Bui-n <br> CSS <br> pu <br> Westerkirk <br> Boykin Crag <br> 3 <br> C Q <br> OS <br> o <br> -Langholm <br> Skipper's Bridge <br> Hollows Bridge <br> Rowan Burn <br> s 2 35338686 109655 51125 Page 239 Text v 12 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/35338686 1856 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 12 1856 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 35338686 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/35338686 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-21 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12683326883 2015-08-27 11 56 02 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1856 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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