Upper Old Red sandstone exposure, Denholm Dean
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Upper Old Red sandstone exposure, Denholm Dean
Image: © Jim Barton Taken: 12 Jul 2012
A section about 2m high has been eroded here by the Dean Burn. These sandstones date from late Devonian times, about 360 million years ago, and are found outcropping in a belt running approximately SW towards Langholm and the Solway (see 'Death of an Ocean' E Clarkson and B Upton, Dunedin Edinburgh 2010).
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Image Location
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55.455197
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-2.684468