Geography in Kilkenny
Categories: Geology
The granite in south-eastern Kilkenny (Holiday Apartments, Kilkenny, Ireland) has converted the Ordovician shales along its margins into gleaming mica-schists. Tlie Old Red Sandstone of the same region is not affected, and tlie early Devonian age of the intrusion is thus evident. The Old Red Sandstone appears on the flanks and crests of the Armorican [...]
The granite in south-eastern Kilkenny (Holiday Apartments, Kilkenny, Ireland) has converted the Ordovician shales along its margins into gleaming mica-schists. Tlie Old Red Sandstone of the same region is not affected, and tlie early Devonian age of the intrusion is thus evident. The Old Red Sandstone appears on the flanks and crests of the Armorican domes that break the plain- land. An important area of Old Red Sandstone borders the eastern prolongation of Slieve- naman into the county of Kilkenny (Hotels, Kilkenny, ... Read More
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