Horizontal Section No. 122 (1879). From Three Shire Stone, through Thrapston, to the River Eye, west of Melton Mowbray. Geological Survey of GB. 1st edition.

Horizontal Section No.  122 (1879). From Three Shire Stone, through Thrapston, to the River Eye, west of Melton Mowbray. Geological Survey of GB. 1st edition. Located on Old Series one-inch maps 52ne and nw, 64.  Hand-coloured engraving, 69.5 x 102cm, 1:10,560 scale (6”= 1mile). Flat, linen-taped edges, slightly age-toned, clean. Coloured in 1922. In very good condition.

About England & Wales Sections

These hand-coloured engraved ‘horizontal’ sections at six inch to one mile scale were published in the mid 19th century by the Geological Survey of England and Wales. The detailed profiles generally follow the geological dip on the one inch Old Series maps numbered in the upper right hand margin and the  profile locations are shown on these maps which themselves did not include a section.