The Usk Inlier is a domed outcrop of rock strata of Silurian age in Monmouthshire in south-eastern Wales. It is located in the countryside between the towns of Caerleon and Pontypool and the village of Raglan. The longer axis of the dome or 'pericline', often referred to as the Usk Anticline, is aligned north–south. The inlier is largely surrounded by a sequence of Old Red Sandstone rocks of Devonian age, though both these and the Silurian rocks are largely obscured by superficial deposits.[1][2]
^Aldridge, R.J., Siveter, David J., Siveter, Derek J., Lane, P.D., Palmer, D. & Woodcock, N.H. (2000) Geological Conservation Review Series vol 19, British Silurian Stratigraphy. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough
The UskInlier is a domed outcrop of rock strata of Silurian age in Monmouthshire in south-eastern Wales. It is located in the countryside between the...
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is by outcrops of younger rocks, is traditionally referred to as the UskInlier. These younger rocks are a mix of sandstones and mudstones of Devonian...
v t e History of Caerleon, Wales Roman Caerleon Ermin Way UskInlier Tiberius Claudius Paulinus Titus Desticius Juba Kingdom of Gwent Morgan ap Hywel Caradog...
of very large monumental buildings outside the fortress between the River Usk and the amphitheatre was uncovered. This new area of the canabae was previously...
once thought. With the nearby town of Caerwent, plus civil settlements at Usk and Bulmore it was part of a settled romanised landscape, and over several...
v t e History of Caerleon, Wales Roman Caerleon Ermin Way UskInlier Tiberius Claudius Paulinus Titus Desticius Juba Kingdom of Gwent Morgan ap Hywel Caradog...
more gentle landscape of central Monmouthshire where the Usk Anticline gives rise to the UskInlier. In the north it is the Ludlow age mudstones and sandstones...
v t e History of Caerleon, Wales Roman Caerleon Ermin Way UskInlier Tiberius Claudius Paulinus Titus Desticius Juba Kingdom of Gwent Morgan ap Hywel Caradog...
v t e History of Caerleon, Wales Roman Caerleon Ermin Way UskInlier Tiberius Claudius Paulinus Titus Desticius Juba Kingdom of Gwent Morgan ap Hywel Caradog...
fortress at Caerleon developed on the River Usk as an important route for goods and men into the country. The River Usk served both as the port of Newport and...
v t e History of Caerleon, Wales Roman Caerleon Ermin Way UskInlier Tiberius Claudius Paulinus Titus Desticius Juba Kingdom of Gwent Morgan ap Hywel Caradog...
v t e History of Caerleon, Wales Roman Caerleon Ermin Way UskInlier Tiberius Claudius Paulinus Titus Desticius Juba Kingdom of Gwent Morgan ap Hywel Caradog...
v t e History of Caerleon, Wales Roman Caerleon Ermin Way UskInlier Tiberius Claudius Paulinus Titus Desticius Juba Kingdom of Gwent Morgan ap Hywel Caradog...
Carboniferous Limestone, with Devonian age Old Red Sandstone exposed as an inlier at the centre. Wookey Hole is a solutional cave, mainly formed in the limestone...
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