Locharbriggs Sandstone Formation

The Locharbriggs Sandstone Formation is a formation of Cisuralian age (Early Permian). It consists of a 1000 m thick sequence of very well-sorted aeolian sandstones, with well developed dune cross-bedding.^[1] The sandstone was used as a building stone in Dumfries, Edinburgh, Glasgow and New York (including the steps of the Statue of Liberty).^[2]

Locharbriggs Sandstone Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cisuralian
Locharbriggs Sandstone Formation
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Stewartry Group
Underlies	Doweel Breccia Formation
Overlies	unconformity on Lower Paleozoic
Area	Dumfries Basin, North Solway Basin
Thickness	1000 m
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Location
Country	Scotland
Type section
Named for	Locharbriggs