List of geological folds in Great Britain
This is a list of the named geological folds affecting the rocks of Great Britain and the Isle of Man.
Terminology
See the main article on folds for a fuller treatment of fold types and nomenclature but in brief, an anticline is an arch-like fold whereas a syncline is its converse; a downfold. Antiforms, anticlinoria, synforms and synclinoria are variations on these. A monocline (or, rarely, a monoform) is a step-like fold, one limb of which is roughly horizontal. Both domes and periclines are anticlines in which the strata fall away about equally in all directions.
There are also a number of 'disturbances' named in parts of the country, notably in South Wales. These linear features are a combination of faults and folds - the relative importance of faulting and folding varying along the length of each disturbance.
List of folds
Key to table
- Column 1 indicates the name of the fold. Some variant spellings are recorded between sources.
- Column 2 indicates the county in which the fold occurs. Some traverse two or more counties of course.
- Column 3 indicates in which of the constituent countries of Great Britain the fold lies. (Note that the Isle of Man does not form a part of Great Britain but is included here for convenience.)
- Column 4 indicates on which 1:50,000 or 1" scale geological map sheet published by the British Geological Survey (BGS) the fold is shown and named (either on map/s or cross-section/s or both). 'E&W' signifies the series of sheets published to cover England and Wales. A handful of maps at other scales are also listed where they depict the feature concerned.
- Column 5 indicates a selection of publications in which references to the fold may be found. See references section for full details of publication.
Fold name | County | Country | BGS map sheet | book reference/s |
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Aberfoyle Anticline | Argyll | Scotland | Sc 36, Sc37W, Sc 37E | |
Airds Hill Anticline | Argyll | Scotland | Sc 45W, Sc 53W | |
Alderbury-Mottisfont Syncline | Hampshire/Wiltshire | England | E&W 298/9 | |
Alfold Anticline | England | E&W 301 | ||
Amesbury Syncline | England | E&W 298 | ||
Angle Syncline | Pembrokeshire | Wales | E&W 244/5 | |
Appin Syncline (=Cul Bay Syncline?) | Scotland | Sc 53W | ||
Ardonald Anticline | Scotland | Sc 85E | ||
Ardrishaig Anticline | Argyll | Scotland | Sc 28E, Sc 29W, Sc 36, Sc 37W, Sc 37E | Argyll & Bute etc. |
Arley Anticline | England | E&W 110 | BGS:BRG 10 | |
Arley Dome | Warwickshire | England | E&W 169 | |
Arlington Anticline | East Sussex | England | E&W 319/334 | |
Armadale Antiform | Scotland | Sc 115W | ||
Ashby Anticline | Leicestershire | England | E&W 141, 155 (x-sections) | BGS:BRG 10; Smith et al. 2005 |
Ashover Anticline | England | E&W 112 | Smith et al. 2005 | |
Astbury Anticline | England | |||
Astley Syncline | Warwickshire | England | E&W 169 | |
Aughton Anticline | E&W 59 | |||
Avonmouth Syncline | England | BGS:BRG 16 | ||
Babel Anticline | Wales | E&W 213 | ||
Backingstone Anticline | Glamorgan | Wales | Brief explan to E&W 247, 2011 | |
Ballimeanoch Syncline | Argyll | Scotland | Sc 45W | |
Balls Cross Anticline | England | E&W 301 | ||
Bannisdale Syncline | Cumbria | England | E&W 38, 39, 48 | Brenchley & Rawson 2006; BGS:BRG 7 |
Barford St Martin Syncline | England | E&W 298 | ||
Barmaddy Anticline | Argyll | Scotland | Sc 45W | |
Beacon Hill Pericline | England | BGS:BRG 16 | ||
Bealach-dubh Syncline | Scotland | Sc 54E | ||
Beatrix Fell Syncline | England | E&W 59 | ||
Beinn a'Chlachair Synform | Scotland | Sc 63W | ||
Beinn a'Ghlo Anticline | Scotland | Sc 64E | ||
Beinn Chuirn Anticline | Scotland | Sc 46W | ||
Beinn Direach Anticline | Scotland | Sc 108W | ||
Beinn Donn Syncline (*also 'Beinn Don Syncline') | Argyll | Scotland | Sc 45W, *Sc 53W | |
Beinn Mholach Antiformal Syncline | Scotland | Sc54E | ||
Beinn Sgluich Anticline | Argyll | Scotland | Sc 45W | |
Beinn Sgulaird Recumbent Syncline | Scotland | Sc 53W | ||
Beinn Sgulaird Syncline | Argyll | Scotland | Sc 45W | |
Beinn Udlaidh Syncline | Scotland | Sc 46W | ||
Ben Alder Anticline | Scotland | Sc54E | ||
Ben Alder Syncline | Scotland | Sc54E | ||
Ben Hee Anticline | Scotland | Sc 108W | ||
Ben Lawers Synform[1] | Argyll | Scotland | Sc 45W, Sc 45E Sc 55W | |
Ben Ledi Antiform | Scotland | Sc 38E | ||
Ben Lui Syncline | Scotland | Sc 46W | ||
Ben Sgluich Anticline | Scotland | Sc53W | ||
Ben Vane Synform | Scotland | Sc 38E | ||
Benson Knott Syncline | Cumbria | England | E&W 39 | |
Bere Forest Syncline | Hampshire | England | E&W 316 | |
Berwick Monocline | Northumberland/Berwickshire | England/Scotland | BGS:BRG 7 | |
Berwyn Anticline | Wales | UK (south) 625K; E&W 136 | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | |
Berwyn Dome | Wales | E&W 136, 137 | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | |
Bewcastle Anticline | Cumbria | England | BGS:BRG 7 | |
Bhuirich Dome | Scotland | Assynt (special 50K) | ||
Birdlip Anticline ('High') | England | BGS:BRG 16 | ||
Black Isle Syncline | Scotland | BGS:BRG 2 | ||
Bohespic Antiform | Scotland | Sc 55W | ||
Boldon Syncline | Durham | England | BGS:BRG 7 | |
Boscombe Down Anticline | England | E&W 298 | ||
Bosherston Anticline | Pembrokeshire | Wales | E&W 244/5 | |
Bowhill Syncline | Scotland | Sc 40E | ||
Boyndie Syncline | Scotland | Trewin (ed) 2002 | ||
Bradley Anticline | Yorkshire | England | E&W 69 | |
Bradley Syncline | Yorkshire | England | E&W 69 | |
Branddu Syncline | Wales | E&W 195 | ||
Brawl Synform | Scotland | Sc 115W | ||
Breabag Dome | Scotland | Assynt (special 50K), | G & K 2011 | |
Breedon Anticline | England | Smith et al. 2005 | ||
Breidden Anticline | Powys | Wales | Toghill P. 2006 | |
Brendon Anticline | Somerset | England | Proc.Geol.Ass'n. vol76, pt1. 1965 | |
Brendon Syncline | Somerset | England | Proc.Geol.Ass'n. vol76, pt1. 1965 | |
Brimington Anticline | England | E&W 100, E&W 112 | ||
Brinsford Anticline | England | E&W 153 | ||
Broadfield Down Anticline | England | E&W 264 | ||
Broadford Anticline | Scotland | BGS:BRG 3 | ||
Broad Bench Anticline | Dorset | England | GA Guide22 | |
Brogan Anticline | Wales | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | ||
Brown Clee Syncline | Shropshire | England | Mid Wales & Marches 250K | BGS:BRG 10; Toghill P. 2006 |
Bullslaughter Bay Syncline | Pembrokeshire | Wales | E&W 244/5 | |
Burntisland Anticline | Scotland | Sc 40E | Trewin (ed) 2002 | |
Burton Anticline | Pembrokeshire | Wales | E&W 228 | Allen et al 1982 |
Bwn Bach Anticline | Wales | E&W 193 | ||
Caburn Syncline | East Sussex | England | E&W 318/333, E&W 319/334 | |
Caerdeon Syncline | Merionethshire | Wales | E&W 135 | |
Cain / Tanat Syncline | Wales | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | ||
Camp Hill Monocline | Warwickshire | England | E&W 169 | |
Capel Curig Anticline | Gwynedd | Wales | E&W 106 | |
Capel Hill Syncline | Scotland | Sc 56W | ||
Cardiff-Cowbridge Anticline | Glamorgan | Wales | E&W 263 | |
Carlin Gill Anticline | Cumbria | England | E&W 39 | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 |
Carlisle Anticline | Cumbria | England | BGS:BRG 7 | |
Carnmore Antiform | Scotland | BGS:BRG 2 | ||
Carn Owen Pericline | Wales | E&W 163 | ||
Castlemartin Cors Anticline | Pembrokeshire | Wales | E&W 244/5 | |
Castley Knotts Syncline | Cumbria | England | E&W 39 | |
Catacol Synform | Scotland | BGS:BRG 3 | ||
Cedni Syncline | Wales | E&W 196 | ||
Cefn Syncline | Shropshire | England | Toghill P. 2006 | |
Cefn Bryn Anticline | Glamorgan | Wales | Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011 | |
Cefn Mawr Syncline | Glamorgan | Wales | Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011 | |
Cefngarreg Syncline | Wales | E&W 213 | ||
Central Wales Syncline | Wales | Mid Wales & Marches 250K | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | |
Central Wales Synclinorium | Wales | |||
Chaldon Pericline | Dorset | England | ||
Charnian Anticline | England | Smith et al. 2005 | ||
Chepstow Anticline | Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961 | |||
Chichester Syncline | Hampshire | England | E&W 316, E&W 317/322 | |
Chop Gate Dome | Yorkshire | England | BGS:BRG9 | |
Cinderhill Flexure | England | E&W 125 | ||
Clackmannan Syncline | Scotland | Sc 39E | Trewin (ed) 2002 | |
Clanna Anticline | Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961 | |||
Clanna - Beachley Pericline | Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961 | |||
Cleeve Hill Syncline ('Trough') | England | BGS:BRG 16 | ||
Cleveland Anticline | Yorkshire | England | BGS:BRG9 | |
Clun Valley Syncline | Shropshire | England | Toghill P. 2006 | |
Clunes Antiform | Scotland | Sc 55W | ||
Clunes Synform | Scotland | Sc 55W | ||
Clyngwyn Syncline | Wales | E&W 195 | ||
Coalpit Heath Syncline | England | BGS:BRG 16 | ||
Coalport Syncline | England | E&W 153 | ||
Coalville Syncline | England | Smith et al. 2005 | ||
Coire Bhran Anticline | Scotland | Sc 64W | ||
Coire na h-eiginn Anticline | Scotland | Sc 54E | ||
Cole Syncline | England | BGS:BRG 16 | ||
Collington Anticline | England | Mid Wales & Marches 250K | ||
Coltshill Anticline | Glamorgan | Wales | Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011 | |
Combe Bissett Syncline | England | E&W 298 | ||
Compton Valence Dome | England | E&W 327 | ||
Corris Anticline | Wales | E&W 149 | ||
Cotherstone Syncline | England | E&W 31 | ||
Cothi Anticline | Wales | E&W 195 | ||
Cowal Antiform | Argyll | Scotland | Sc 20, Sc 29W, Sc 29E, Sc 37W, Sc 37E | Trewin (ed) 2002 |
Craig Ysgiog Anticline | Wales | E&W 149 | ||
Craignure Anticline | Highland | Scotland | Sc 44W/44E | BGS:BRG 3 |
Creag a'Mhadaidh Anticline | Scotland | Sc 54E | ||
Creag a'Mhadaidh Antiform | Scotland | Sc 55W | ||
Creag a'Mhadaidh Syncline | Scotland | Sc 54E | ||
Creag a'Mhadaidh Antiformal Syncline | Scotland | Sc 54E | ||
Creag Dhubh Synform | Scotland | Sc 64W | ||
Creagan Loisgte Syncline | Scotland | Sc 27 | ||
Crich Anticline | England | E&W 112, E&W 125 | ||
Croydon Anticline | Somerset | England | Proc.Geol.Ass'n. vol76, pt1. 1965 | |
Cuil Bay Syncline (*or 'Cul Bay Syncline') | Argyll | Scotland | Sc 45W, *Sc 53W | |
Cumberland Monocline | England | Brenchley & Rawson 2006; BGS:BRG 7 | ||
Cyrn-y-Brain Anticline | Wales | Plant et al. 1999 | ||
Danby Head Dome | Yorkshire | England | BGS:BRG9 | |
Dean Hill Anticline | Hampshire/Wiltshire | England | E&W 298/9 | |
Derbyshire Dome | England | Smith et al. 2005 | ||
Derwen Anticline | Wales | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | ||
Dhoon Anticline | Isle of Man | IoM (50K special sheet) | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | |
Dhoon-Port Erin Anticline | Isle of Man | BGS:BRG 7 | ||
Dhorius Anticline | Scotland | Sc 27 | ||
Dionard Antiform | Scotland | BGS:BRG 2 | ||
Doethie Anticline | Wales | E&W 195 | ||
Dolwen Anticline | Wales | E&W 135 | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | |
Dolwen Pericline | Wales | |||
Dolwyddelan Syncline | Wales | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | ||
Don Monocline | Yorkshire | England | E&W 87, E&W 100 | |
Donfield Syncline | England | E&W 100 | ||
Donnington Syncline | England | E&W 153 | ||
Douglas Syncline | Isle of Man | IoM (50K special sheet) | Brenchley & Rawson 2006; BGS:BRG 7 | |
Dovedale Anticline | England | Smith et al. 2005 | ||
Dovey Syncline | Wales | E&W 163 | ||
Druimavuic Syncline | Argyll | Scotland | Sc 45W | |
Drws-y-coed Syncline | Gwynedd | Wales | E&W 119 | |
Duffield Anticline | England | Smith et al. 2005 | ||
Dundonnell Antiform | Scotland | BGS:BRG 2 | ||
Dyffryn Elwy Anticline | Clwyd | Wales | Mem E&W 95/107 | |
Dyfi Syncline | Wales | E&W 149 | ||
Earl's Seat Anticline | Scotland | Sc 40E | Trewin (ed) 2002 | |
Eastnor Syncline | England | E&W 216 | ||
Ebernoe Anticline | England | E&W 301 | ||
Ecton Anticline | England | E&W 111 | ||
Eday Syncline | Shetland | Scotland | BGS:BRG 1 | |
Elswick Anticline | Lancashire | England | E&W 67 | |
Elswick Dome | Lancashire | England | E&W 67 | |
Erewash Valley Anticline | England | E&W 125 | ||
Errochty Synform | Scotland | Sc 55W | ||
Eskdale Anticline | Yorkshire | England | BGS:BRG9 | |
Fairlight Anticline | East Sussex | England | E&W 320/321 | |
Falkirk-Stane Syncline | Scotland | Trewin (ed) 2002 | ||
Farfield Syncline | Cumbria | England | E&W 39 | Trewin (ed) 2002 |
Fell End Syncline | England | BGS:BRG 7 | ||
Fernhurst Anticline | England | E&W 301 | ||
Fiag Syncline | Scotland | Sc 108W | ||
Fillongley Anticline | England | Smith et al. 2005 | ||
Foel Dinas Syncline | Wales | E&W 150 | ||
Forest of Dean Syncline | England | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | ||
Fox-Strangways Dome | Yorkshire | England | BGS:BRG9 | |
Freshwater East Anticline | Pembrokeshire | Wales | E&W 244/5 | |
Frome Syncline | Dorset | England | GA Guide22 | |
Fylingdales Syncline | Yorkshire | England | BGS:BRG9 | |
Gaick Anticline | Scotland | Sc 64W | ||
Gaick Syncline | Scotland | Sc 64W | ||
Garry Synform | Scotland | Sc 55W | ||
Geal Charn Syncline | Scotland | Sc 54E | ||
Gell Syncline | Clwyd | Wales | Mem E&W 95/107 | |
Giur-bheinn Anticline | Scotland | Sc 27 | ||
Glaick Anticline | Scotland | Sc 64W | ||
Glaick Syncline | Scotland | Sc 64W | ||
Glen Creran Anticline | Argyll | Scotland | Sc 45W, Sc 53W | |
Glen Lochy Anticline | Scotland | Sc 46W | ||
Glen Orchy Antiform | Scotland | Trewin (ed) 2002 | ||
Glenborrodale Antiform | Scotland | Sc 51E | ||
Gloddaeth Syncline | Clwyd | Wales | Mem E&W 95/107 | |
Goathland Syncline | Yorkshire | England | BGS:BRG9 | |
Gorseinon Syncline | Glamorgan | Wales | Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011 | |
Gowerton Syncline | Glamorganshire | Wales | E&W 247 | |
Goyt Syncline | England | Smith et al. 2005 | ||
Great Orme Syncline | Clwyd | Wales | Mem E&W 95/107 | |
Great Ridge Anticline | England | E&W 298 | ||
Gressingham Syncline | England | E&W 59 | ||
Guilsfield Anticline | E&W 151 | |||
Gun Hill Anticline | England | E&W 111 | ||
Greenhurst Anticline | England | E&W 318/333 | ||
Gwesyn Syncline | Wales | E&W 196 | ||
Gwytherin Syncline | Clwyd | Wales | Mem E&W 95/107 | |
Ham Anticline | Scotland | Sc 116W | ||
Hardstoft Anticline | England | E&W 112 | ||
Harlech Dome | Merionethshire | Wales | Mid Wales & Marches 250K | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 |
Hareslade Syncline | Glamorgan | Wales | Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011 | |
Harrogate Anticline | Yorkshire | England | E&W 62, 69 | |
Harting Combe Anticline | England | E&W 301 | ||
Haslemere Syncline | England | E&W 301 | ||
Haweswater Syncline | Cumbria | England | BGS:BRG 7 | |
Heath Anticline | England | E&W 112 | ||
Heatherslade Anticline | Glamorgan | Wales | Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011 | |
Hem Anticline | England | E&W 153 | ||
Hendre-ddu Syncline | Wales | E&W 150 | ||
Henfield Syncline | England | E&W 318/333 | ||
Heysham Anticline | England | E&W 59 | ||
Highland Border Downbend | Scotland | Sc 38E, Sc 56W, Sc 67 | Trewin (ed) 2002 | |
Hindhead Anticline | England | E&W 301 | ||
Hog Hill Syncline | Scotland | Sc 11 | ||
Hog's Back Monocline | England | |||
Hollingbury Dome | England | E&W 318/333 | ||
Holymoorside Monocline | England | E&W 112 | ||
Hope Mansel Anticline | Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961 | |||
Horseshoe Anticline | Smith et al. 2005 | |||
Hortham Syncline | Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961 | |||
Howle Hill Syncline | Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961 | |||
Huntington Syncline | England | E&W 153 | ||
Hutton Monocline | England | E&W 59 | ||
Idwal Syncline | Gwynedd | Wales | E&W 106 | |
Inver - Black Isle Syncline | Scotland | BGS:BRG 2 | ||
Ironville Anticline | England | E&W 112, E&W 125 | ||
Islay Anticline | Scotland | Sc 27 | ||
Islay Syncline | Scotland | Sc 36 | ||
Kempie Syncline | Sutherland | Scotland | G & K 2011 | |
Kilchrenan Syncline | Argyll | Scotland | Sc 45W | |
Kilmelford Monoform | Argyll | Scotland | Sc 45W | |
Kilmory Bay Syncline | Argyll & Bute | Scotland | Sc 28E | |
Kingsclere Anticline | England | E&W 283 | ||
Kingston-Beddingham Anticline | East Sussex | England | E&W 318/333, E&W 319/334 | |
Kingswood Anticline | Somerset | England | BGS:BRG 16 | |
King's Wood Syncline | Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961 | |||
Kinlochlaggan Syncline | Scotland | Sc 63E | ||
Kirk Ireton Syncline | England | E&W 125 | ||
Kirkham Syncline | Lancashire | England | E&W 67 | |
Kirtomy Synform | Scotland | Sc 115W | ||
Kiveton Anticline | England | E&W 100 | ||
Knapdale Steep Belt | Argyll & Bute | Scotland | Sc 28E | |
Knots Anticline | England | E&W 59 | ||
Laggan Anticline | Scotland | Sc 63E | ||
Lancaster Moor Syncline | England | E&W 59 | ||
Langland Anticline | Glamorgan | Wales | Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011 | |
Lask Edge Anticline | England | E&W 110 | ||
Leagag Antiform | Scotland | Sc 54E | ||
Ledwyche Anticline | Wales | Mid Wales & Marches 250K | ||
Lemmington Anticline | Northumberland | England | E&W 6 | BGS:BRG 7 |
Letterewe Synform | Scotland | BGS:BRG 7; Trewin (ed) 2002 | ||
Leven Syncline | UK (north) 625K, Sc 40E | Trewin (ed) 2002 | ||
Limley Anticline | England | E&W 51 | ||
Littlehampton Anticline | West Sussex | England | E&W 317/332, E&W 318/333 | |
Littleton Syncline | Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961 | |||
Littlewood Syncline | West Sussex | England | E&W 317/332 | |
Litton Cheney Syncline | Dorset | England | GA Guide22 | |
Llanelly Syncline | Glamorgan | Wales | Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011 | |
Llan Syncline (Ritton Castle Syncline) | Shropshire | England | E&W 151, 165 | Toghill P. 2006 |
Llandderfel Syncline | Wales | UK (south) 625K, E&W 150 | ||
Llangadfan Syncline | Wales | E&W 150 | ||
Llangollen Syncline | Wales | Plant, JA et al. 1999 | ||
Llanidloes Syncline | Wales | E&W 164 | ||
Llŷn Syncline | Gwynedd | Wales | E&W 134 | |
Loch Ailsh Syncline | Scotland | BGS:BRG 2 | ||
Loch Alsh Fold | Scotland | Sc 71E | ||
Loch Awe Syncline (*or 'Loch Awe Synform') | Argyll | Scotland | Sc 28E, Sc 36, Sc 37W, Sc 37E, *Sc 45E | Trewin (ed) 2002 |
Loch Don Anticline | Scotland | Sc 44E | ||
Loch Laggan Antiform | Scotland | Sc 63W | ||
Loch Maree Synform | Scotland | BGS:BRG 2 | ||
Loch Sween Anticline | Argyll & Bute | Scotland | Sc 28E | |
Loch Tay Antiform | Scotland | Sc 55W | ||
Lochalsh Syncline | Scotland | BGS:BRG 3; Trewin (ed) 2002 | ||
Lochan Dubh Synform | Scotland | Sc 54E | ||
Lochinver Antiform | Scotland | BGS:BRG 2 | ||
Lochinver Monocline | Sutherland | Scotland | G & K 2011 | |
Lockton Anticline | Yorkshire | England | BGS:BRG9 | |
Lodsworth Syncline | England | E&W 301 | ||
London Basin Syncline | England | BGS:BRG 13, Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | ||
Long Mountain Syncline | Shropshire | England | E&W 151 | Toghill P. 2006 |
Longstone Edge Anticline | England | Smith et al. 2005 | ||
Lorton Anticline | Cumbria | England | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | |
Lothersdale Anticline | Yorkshire | England | E&W 69 | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 |
Lowick Anticline | Cumbria | England | E&W 48 | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 |
Ludlow - Ledwyche Anticline | England | BGS:BRG 10 | ||
Ludlow Anticline | Shropshire | England | Toghill, P 2006; Smith et al. 2005; Earp & Hains 1971 | |
Lulworth Banks Anticline | Dorset | England | E&W 342/3 | |
Lulworth Crumple | Dorset | England | E&W 342/3 | [2] |
Lydney Syncline | Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961 | |||
Lynton Anticline | Somerset | England | E&W 278, 293 | |
Machynlleth Anticline | Wales | Mid Wales & Marches 250K | ||
Madeley Syncline | England | E&W 153 | ||
Maes y Gamfa Anticline | Wales | E&W 150 | ||
Main Syncline (Forest of Dean) | Gloucestershire | England | BGS:BRG 16 | |
Mansfield Anticline | England | E&W 112 | ||
Matlock Anticline | England | E&W 112 | ||
Marshwood Pericline | Dorset | England | Mem E&W 328etc, GA Guide22 | |
May Hill Anticline | England | E&W 216 | ||
Meall a'Bhobuir Synform | Scotland | Sc 54E | ||
Meall Chuaich Syncline | Scotland | Sc 64W | ||
Meall Nathrach Antiform | Scotland | Sc 63W | ||
Meall Reamhar Synform | Scotland | Sc 55W, Sc 64E | ||
Melbourne Syncline | England | Smith et al. 2005 | ||
Melton Mowbray Anticline | England | BGS:BRG 10 | ||
Micheldever Syncline | Hampshire | England | E&W 283/299/300 | |
Middleton Tyas Anticline | England | E&W 41 | ||
Midlothian Syncline | Scotland | Trewin (ed) 2002 | ||
Mixon - Morridge Anticline | England | E&W 111 | ||
Moel Geffylog Anticline | Clwyd | Wales | Mem E&W 95/107 | |
Moel Hebog Syncline | Gwynedd | Wales | E&W 119 | |
Morar Anticline | Scotland | BGS:BRG 2 | ||
Moseley Syncline | England | E&W 153 | ||
Mount Blair Anticline | Scotland | Sc 56W | ||
Mount Pleasant Syncline | England | Smith et al. 2005 | ||
Mounton Syncline | Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961 | |||
Mynydd y Llyn Anticline | Wales | E&W 149 | ||
Nailsea Syncline | England | BGS:BRG 16 | ||
Nant Mawr Syncline | Clwyd | Wales | Mem E&W 95/107 | |
Netherfield Anticline | England | E&W 320/321 (text) | ||
Netherton Anticline | England | E&W 167 | BGS:BRG 10 | |
New Hall Syncline | England | Smith et al. 2005 | ||
Nicky Nook Anticline | Lancashire | England | E&W 67 | |
Norton-Ridgeway Anticline | England | E&W 100 | ||
Norwood Anticline | Yorkshire | England | E&W 69 | |
Nuneaton Anticline | England | Smith et al. 2005 | ||
Oaken Head Syncline | England | E&W 59 | ||
Oakwoodhill Syncline | England | E&W 302 | ||
Ord Syncline | Scotland | Sc 71W | ||
Orielton Anticline | Pembrokeshire | Wales | E&W 244/5 | |
Oxfordshire Coalfield Syncline | England | E&W 235 | ||
Oxwich Bay Syncline | Glamorgan | Wales | Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011 | |
Oxwich Point Anticline | Glamorgan | Wales | Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011 | |
Overseal Anticline | England | Smith et al. 2005 | ||
Oystermouth Syncline | Glamorgan | Wales | Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011 | |
Painswick Trough (Syncline) | England | BGS:BRG 16 | ||
Pandy Twdwr Anticline | Clwyd | Wales | Mem E&W 95/107 | |
Park Mill Anticline | Glamorgan | Wales | Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011 | |
Patcham Syncline | England | E&W 318/333 | ||
Pembroke Syncline | Pembrokeshire | Wales | E&W 244/5 | |
Pen Cafnau Anticline | Wales | E&W 193 | ||
Pendle Monocline | England | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | ||
Pennine Anticline | England | E&W 77 | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | |
Pennine Line | England | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | ||
Pennine Monocline | England | Smith et al. 2005 | ||
Pentre Bach Syncline | Wales | E&W 213 | ||
Penton Linns Anticline | Cumbria | England | E&W 20 | Day, 1970 |
Pewsey Anticline | England | E&W 283 | ||
Pewsey-Kingsclere Anticline | Hampshire/Wiltshire | England | ||
Plaistow Syncline | England | E&W 301 | ||
Plantation Farm Anticline | Lancashire | England | E&W 67 | |
Plynlimon Anticline | Wales | Mid Wales & Marches 250K | ||
Poll an Droighinn Antiform | Sutherland | Scotland | G & K 2011 | |
Pont Lliw Syncline | Glamorgan | Wales | Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011 | |
Poppit Anticline | Wales | E&W 193 | ||
Port Erin Anticline | Isle of Man | IoM (50K special sheet) | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | |
Portsdown Anticline | Hampshire | England | E&W 316 | |
Potteries Syncline | England | E&W 110 | BGS:BRG 10 | |
Povey Syncline | England | E&W 100 | ||
Poxwell Anticline | Dorset | England | ||
Poxwell Pericline | Dorset | England | E&W 341/2 | GA Guide 22 |
Poynton Syncline | England | E&W 98 | ||
Prees Syncline | England | BGS:BRG 10; Toghill P. 2006; Plant, JA et al. 1999 | ||
Purbeck Anticline | Dorset | England | E&W 342/3 | GA Guide 22 |
Purbeck Monocline | Dorset | England | E&W 342/3 | Mem E&W 328etc |
Pwlldu Head Syncline | Glamorgan | Wales | Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011 | |
Pwllygranant Syncline | Wales | E&W 193 | ||
Pyecombe Anticline | England | E&W 318/333 | ||
Quantock Anticline | Somerset | England | BGS:BRG 16 | |
Quernmore Syncline | England | E&W 59 | ||
Radstock Syncline | England | BGS:BRG 16 | ||
Rhiwnant Anticline | Wales | E&W 196 | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | |
Ribchester Syncline | Lancashire | England | E&W 67 | |
Ridge Anticline | Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961 | |||
Ridgeway Anticline | Pembrokeshire | Wales | E&W 244/5 | |
Ritton Castle Syncline (Llan Syncline) | Shropshire | England | Toghill P. 2006 | |
Robin Hood's Bay Dome | Yorkshire | England | BGS:BRG9 | |
Rodhuish Syncline | Somerset | England | Proc.Geol.Ass'n. vol76, pt1. 1965 | |
Rolleston Anticline | England | E&W 126 | ||
Romiley Anticline | England | E&W 98 | ||
Rudyard Anticline | England | E&W 110 | ||
Sageston Anticline | Pembrokeshire | Wales | E&W 244/5 | |
Salsburgh Anticline | Scotland | Trewin (ed) 2002 | ||
Sandown Anticline | England | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | ||
Sarclet Anticline | Scotland | BGS:BRG 2 | ||
Scafell Syncline | Cumbria | England | E&W 38 | BGS:BRG 7 |
Scarborough Dome | Yorkshire | England | BGS:BRG9 | |
Sedgeley and Dudley Anticline | England | BGS:BRG 10 | ||
Sgonnan Mor Anticline | Sutherland | Scotland | G & K 2011 | |
Sgonnan Mor Syncline | Sutherland | Scotland | Trewin (ed) 2002, G & K 2011 | |
Shaffalong Syncline | England | E&W 110 | ||
Shambles Syncline | Dorset | England | GA Guide22 | |
Shelve Anticline | Shropshire | England | E&W 151 | Toghill, P. 2006 |
Shipley Syncline | England | E&W 125 | ||
Shirenewton Anticline | Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961 | |||
Sidlaw Anticline | Scotland | UK (north) 625K, Sc 49 | Trewin (ed) 2002 | |
Singleton Anticline | West Sussex | England | E&W 317/332 | |
Skipton Anticline | Yorkshire | England | E&W 69 | |
Slaidburn Anticline | Lancashire | England | E&W 67 | |
Snowdon Syncline | Wales | UK (south) 625K | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | |
Somerton Anticline | England | BGS:BRG 16 | ||
Spring Bottom Syncline | Dorset | England | GA Guide 22 | |
Sronlairig Dome | Scotland | Sc 73E | ||
St Florence Syncline | Pembrokeshire | Wales | E&W 244/5 | |
Stanton Syncline | England | E&W 111 | ||
Staple Edge Monocline | England | Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961; BGS:BRG 16 | ||
Stewnor Anticline | Carmarthenshire | Wales | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | |
Stewnor Anticline | Cumbria | England | E&W 48 | |
Stirchley Anticline | England | E&W 153 | ||
Stob Ban Syncline (*or 'Stob Ban Synform') | Scotland | Sc 63W* | Trewin (ed) 2002 | |
Stockbridge Anticline | Hampshire | England | E&W 299/300 | |
Stourbridge Syncline | England | E&W 167 | ||
Strath Dionard Antiform | Scotland | Trewin (ed) 2002 | ||
Strathmore Syncline | Scotland | UK (north) 625K, Sc 39W, Sc 48W | Trewin (ed) 2002 | |
Sutton Maddocks Anticline | England | E&W 153 | ||
Sykes Anticline | Lancashire | England | E&W 67 | |
Taddington - Bakewell Anticline | England | Smith et al. 2005 | ||
Tarbert Monoform | Argyll & Bute | Scotland | Sc 29W, Sc 36 | |
Tarskavaig Synform | Scotland | Sc 71W | ||
Taythes Anticline | England | BGS:BRG 7 | ||
Tayvallich Syncline | Argyll & Bute | Scotland | Sc 28E | |
Teifi Anticline | Wales | E&W 195 | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | |
Teifi Anticlinorium | Wales | |||
Thornbury Anticline | England | Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961 | ||
Thornley Anticline | Lancashire | England | E&W 67 | |
Thornton-Balgonie Syncline | Scotland | Sc 40E | ||
Thursley Syncline | England | E&W 301 | ||
Tidenham Chase Syncline | Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961 | |||
Tirbacas Anticline | Glamorgan | Wales | Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011 | |
Titterstone Clee Syncline | Shropshire | England | Mid Wales & Marches 250K | Toghill P. 2006 |
Tollie (Thollaidh) Antiform | Scotland | Sc 91/100 | BGS:BRG 2; Trewin (ed) 2002 | |
Torridon Antiform | Scotland | BGS:BRG 2; Trewin (ed) 2002 | ||
Trannon Syncline | Wales | E&W 164 | ||
Tregibby Anticline | Wales | E&W 193 | ||
Tre-pys-llygod Syncline | Clwyd | Wales | Mem E&W 95/107 | |
Trimdon Anticline | Durham | England | BGS:BRG 7 | |
Troway Anticline | England | E&W 100 | ||
Tryfan Anticline | Gwynedd | Wales | E&W 106 | |
Tylwch Anticline | Wales | E&W 164, 179 | ||
Tywi Anticline | Wales | E&W 196 | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | |
Uddingston Syncline | Scotland | Trewin (ed) 2002 | ||
Ulpha Syncline | Cumbria | England | BGS:BRG 7 | |
Upton Syncline | Dorset | England | GA Guide22 | |
Upwey Syncline | Dorset | England | E&W 328 | GA Guide22 |
Usk Anticline | Monmouthshire | Wales | E&W 232 | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 |
Vale of Pickering Syncline | Yorkshire | England | BGS:BRG9 | |
Vale of Wardour Anticline | England | |||
Walliswood Anticline | England | E&W 302 | ||
Walls Syncline | Shetland | Scotland | BGS:BRG 1 | |
Wardour Monocline | England | E&W 298 | ||
Warminghurst Syncline | England | E&W 318/333 | ||
Watsness - Browland Anticline | Shetland | Scotland | BGS:BRG 1 | |
Waun Marteg Syncline | Wales | E&W 179 | ||
Weald Anticline | England | |||
Weald-Artois Anticline | England | |||
Wealden Anticline | England | Brenchley & Rawson 2006 | ||
Weeton Anticline | Lancashire | England | E&W 67 | |
Welbeck Trough | England | E&W 112 | ||
Werrington Anticline | England | Smith et al. 2005 | ||
Wessington Anticline | England | E&W 112 | ||
Westbury Anticline | England | E&W 264 | ||
West Mainland Anticline | Shetland | Scotland | BGS:BRG 1 | |
Western Anticline | England | BGS:BRG 10; Smith et al. 2005 | ||
Westfield Syncline | Scotland | Trewin (ed) 2002 | ||
Westmorland Monocline | England | Brenchley & Rawson 2006; BGS:BRG 7 | ||
Weymouth Anticline | Dorset | England | E&W 341/2 | Mem E&W 328etc, GA Guide 22 |
Whitby Syncline | Yorkshire | England | BGS:BRG9 | |
Whitewell Anticline | Lancashire | England | E&W 67 | |
Whitwell Anticline | England | E&W 100 | ||
Wigpool Syncline | Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961 | |||
Williamson Park Anticline | England | E&W 59 | ||
Williamthorpe Syncline | England | E&W 112 | ||
Windmill Syncline | England | E&W 153 | ||
Winchester-East Meon Anticline | Hampshire | England | E&W 299/300/316 | |
Winchester-King's Somborne Syncline | Hampshire | England | E&W 299/300 | |
Wisborough Green Anticline | England | E&W 301 | ||
Withycombe Anticline | Somerset | England | Proc.Geol.Ass'n. vol76, pt1. 1965 | |
Woodford Anticline | England | E&W 298 | ||
Woolhope Anticline | England | E&W 215 | ||
Woolhope Dome | England | |||
Worcester Syncline | Worcestershire | England | Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961; BGS:BRG 16 | |
Worthing Syncline | England | E&W 318/333 | ||
Wylye Anticline | England | E&W 298 |
List of Disturbances
The following named features comprise both faulting and folding;
Disturbance name | County | Country | BGS map sheet | book reference/s |
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Burtreeford Disturbance | England | E&W 19 | BGS:BRG 7 | |
Carreg Cennen Disturbance | Wales | |||
Clun Forest Disturbance | Wales | |||
Cribarth Disturbance | Wales | |||
Llandyfaelog Disturbance | Wales | |||
Llannon (or Llanon) Disturbance | Wales | |||
Neath Disturbance | Wales | Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011 | ||
Pontyclerc Disturbance | Wales | |||
Saron Disturbance | Wales | |||
Silverdale Disturbance | England | BGS:BRG 7 | ||
Trimsaran Disturbance | Wales |
References
Maps
- 1:625,000 scale geological map 2007, Bedrock Geology UK North, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Notts (UK north 625K)
- 1:625,000 scale geological map 2007, Bedrock Geology UK South, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Notts (UK south 625K)
- 1:250,000 scale geological map Mid Wales and the Marches, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Notts (Mid Wales & Marches 250K)
- various of 1:50,000 scale geological maps of England and Wales, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Notts (E & W no.)
- 1:50,000 scale geological map; Scotland Special Sheet Assynt, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Notts (Assynt (Special 50K))
- 1:50,000 scale geological map; Special Sheet Isle of Man, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Notts (IoM (50K special sheet))
Books
- Aitkenhead, N. et al. 2002. British Regional Geology: the Pennines and adjacent areas (4th edn) British Geological Survey, Nottingham (BGS:BRG 8)
- Allen, J R L, Thomas, R L, and Williams, B P J. 1982. The Old Red Sandstone north of Milford Haven. 123–149 in Geological excursions in Dyfed, south-west Wales. BASSETT, M G (editor). (Cardiff: Published for the Geologists’ Association by the National Museum of Wales.) (Allen et al 1982)
- Barclay, W.J. 2011 Geology of the Swansea District - a brief explanation of the geological map Sheet explanation of the British Geological Survey 1:50K sheet 247 Swansea (England and Wales) (Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011)
- Barton et al. 2011. Geology of South Dorset and South-east Devon and its World Heritage Coast, Special Memoir of the British Geological Survey (Mem E&W 328etc)
- Brenchley, P.J. & Rawson, P.F. (eds) 2006. The Geology of England and Wales, (2nd edn) The Geological Society, London (Brenchley & Rawson 2006)
- Cope, J.C.W. 2012 GA Guide no 22: Geology of the Dorset Coast, Geologists' Association, ISBN 9780900717611 (GA Guide22)
- Day J.B.W. 1970. Geology of the Country around Bewcastle London:HMSO (Day 1970)
- Earp, J.R. & Hains, B.A. 1971. British Regional Geology: Welsh Borderland (3rd edn) London:HMSO (Earp & Hains 1971)
- Emeleus, C.H. & Bell, B.R. 2005. British Regional Geology:the Palaeogene volcanic districts of Scotland (4th edn) British Geological Survey, Nottingham (BGS:BRG 3)
- Goodenough, K.M. & Krabbendam, M. 2011 A Geological Excursion Guide to the North-west Highlands of Scotland, Edinburgh Geological Society, ISBN 978-1-905267-53-8 (G & K 2011)
- Green, G.W. 1992 British Regional Geology: Bristol and Gloucester Region(3rd edn), London, HMSO for British Geological Survey (BGS:BRG 16)
- Hains, B.A. & Horton, A., 1969 British Regional Geology: Central England, London, HMSO for British Geological Survey (BGS:BRG 10)
- Johnstone, G.S. & Mykura, W., 1989 British Regional Geology: The Northern Highlands of Scotland, (4th edn) London: HMSO for the British Geological Survey (BGS:BRG 2)
- Kent, P., Gaunt, G.D. & Wood, C.J., 1980 . British Regional Geology:Eastern England from the Tees to The Wash, London HMSO (BGS:BRG9)
- Mykura, W. 1976 British Regional Geology: Orkney and Shetland, Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh: HMSO for the British Geological Survey (BGS:BRG 1)
- Plant, J.A., Jones, D.G. & Haslam H.W. 1999 The Cheshire Basin: basin evolution, fluid movement and mineral resources in a Permo-Triassic rift setting, British Geological Survey, Nottingham (Plant et al. 1999)
- Smith et al. 2005 Structure & Evolution of the south-west Pennine Basin and adjacent area. Subsurface memoir of the British Geological Survey. (Smith et al. 2005)
- Stone et al. 2010. British Regional Geology: Northern England (5th edn) British Geological Survey, Nottingham (BGS:BRG 7)
- Toghill, P. 2006 Geology of Shropshire (2nd edn) Crowood Press, Wilts (Toghill P 2006)
- Trewin, NH (ed) 2002. The Geology of Scotland. The Geological Society, London (Trewin (ed) 2002)
- Warren et al. 1984, Geology of the country around Rhyl and Denbigh, Mem Br Geol Svy, sheets 95 and 107 (Mem E&W 95/107)
- Webby, B.D. 1965 Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. volume 76, part 1 (Proc.Geol.Ass'n v76, pt1, 1965)
- Welch, F.B.A. & Trotter, F.M. 1961 Geology of the Country around Monmouth and Chepstow, HMSO (explanation of 1" geol. sheets 233 & 250 (England and Wales) (Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961)
See also
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