Patrick Burn Formation
| Patrick Burn Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Upper | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Priesthill Group |
| Underlies | Castle Formation |
| Overlies | Ponesk Burn Formation (presumed, actual boundary is cut by a fault) |
| Thickness | 850 m |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, Siltstone, Mudstone |
| Location | |
| Region | Scotland |
| Country | United 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.