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Dingle Group

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Dingle Group
Stratigraphic range: Pragian to Emsian
TypeGroup
Unit ofOld Red Sandstone
Sub-unitsGlashabeg Conglomerate, Ballyferriter, Ballymore Sandstone, Slea Head, Coumeenoole Sandstone, Eask Sandstone, Bull's Head and Trabeg Conglomerate formations
OverliesDunquin Group (unconformity)
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherSiltstone, conglomerate, mudstone
Location
RegionMunster
Country Ireland
ExtentSouthwest Ireland
Type section
Named forDingle

The Dingle Group is a Devonian lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in the Dingle peninsula, Munster, Ireland. The name is derived from the town of Dingle and the peninsula to which it gives its name where the strata are exposed on mountainsides and in coastal cliffs.[1]

Lithology and stratigraphy

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The Group comprises several different sandstone formations of Devonian age including cross-bedded and pebbly sandstones, conglomerates, siltstones and mudstones.

References

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  1. ^ Higgs, K. and Williams, B. 2018 Geology of the Dingle Peninsula (guide and map) Geological Survey Ireland