Letter to Robert Boog-Watson from Sir Archibald Geikie

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-74/11/4/1
• Dates of Creation:22 October 1862
• Name of Creator:
  Geikie, Archibald, Sir (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh)
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 letter None which affect the use of this material

• Scope and Content

  Letter to Robert Boog-Watson from Sir Archibald Geikie. Geikie discusses Boog-Watson's geological mapping of the south end of Arran and compares it with his own mapping of the Isle of Bute, the Cumbrae Islands, Renfrewshire and Ayrshire. He discusses Scotland's old red sandstone unconformity. He extends an invitation to join him in mapping Tinto Hill as soon as his expected working visit from Lennox is over.

• Archivist's Note

  None

  Item level description compiled for NAHSTE project by Sarah Higgins 23 January 2001

• Subjects

  Geological Mapping

  Social Interaction

  Old Red Sandstone

  Unconformities (Geology)

• Personal Names

  Boog-Watson, Robert, fl1862 (clergyman and zoologist)

  Geikie, Archibald, Sir (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh)

  Lennox, fl1862 (nephew of the Duke of Richmond)

• Geographical Names

  Arran Buteshire Scotland

  Ayrshire Scotland

  Isle of Bute Buteshire Scotland