Patrick Burn Formation

Patrick Burn Formation
Stratigraphic range: Upper
TypeFormation
Unit ofPriesthill Group
UnderliesCastle Formation
OverliesPonesk Burn Formation (presumed, actual boundary is cut by a fault)
Thickness850 m
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, Siltstone, Mudstone
Location
RegionScotland
CountryUnited Kingdom

The Patrick Burn Formation is a Silurian aged geological formation outcropping near Lesmahagow in Lanarkshire in the Scottish Lowlands. Fossils are known from the formation, including from the Birk Knowes locality.