lanarkshire-1978/03_034

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INTRODUCTION : GENERAL

of Carboniferous age and include a wide range of sedimentary and igneous formations, which
contain a high proportion of economic minerals, notably coal and iron-ore, limestone and
stone suitable for road-making. Along the Clyde valley, particularly from Lanark to Symington,
there are deposits of sand and gravel of glacial and fluviatile origin. All these resources have
been exploited on a large scale since the Industrial Revolution, with the result that, in contrast
to the southern part of the county, comparatively few field monuments have survived.

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Fig. 1. Topographical map of Lanarkshire

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