Sheet memoir 28, & parts 27 & 29. (1911). Peach, B. N. et al. The Geology of Knapdale, Jura and North Kintyre. Edinburgh: HMSO

British Geological Survey

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Sheet memoir  28, & parts 27 & 29. (1911). Peach, B. N. et al. The Geology of Knapdale, Jura and North Kintyre. Edinburgh: HMSO for  Geological Survey of Scotland, viii + 149pp. + 7 plates. Association copy. Paperback. Shelf worn, front cover has central tear, back cover detached. Text clean, unmarked, age-toned. Note on cover in pencil “G. Barrow from a fellow worker”. In fair to good condition.

George Barrow (1853-1932) was the first to map a metamorphic gradient by determining a sequence of metamorphic zones in the metapelites of the Scottish Highlands.

This memoir has not been updated and is out of print. It is currently (2026) the only memoir for these sheets.

About the Scotland Survey Memoirs

These 20th century reports, specific to the one inch geological map for area, were published by the Geological Survey of Scotland.