List of geological folds in Great Britain

This is a list of the named geological folds affecting the rocks of Great Britain and the Isle of Man.

Terminology

See the main article on folds for a fuller treatment of fold types and nomenclature but in brief, an anticline is an arch-like fold whereas a syncline is its converse; a downfold. Antiforms, anticlinoria, synforms and synclinoria are variations on these. A monocline (or, rarely, a monoform) is a step-like fold, one limb of which is roughly horizontal. Both domes and periclines are anticlines in which the strata fall away about equally in all directions.

There are also a number of 'disturbances' named in parts of the country, notably in South Wales. These linear features are a combination of faults and folds - the relative importance of faulting and folding varying along the length of each disturbance.

List of folds

Key to table

• Column 1 indicates the name of the fold. Some variant spellings are recorded between sources.
• Column 2 indicates the county in which the fold occurs. Some traverse two or more counties of course.
• Column 3 indicates in which of the constituent countries of Great Britain the fold lies. (Note that the Isle of Man does not form a part of Great Britain but is included here for convenience.)
• Column 4 indicates on which 1:50,000 or 1" scale geological map sheet published by the British Geological Survey (BGS) the fold is shown and named (either on map/s or cross-section/s or both). 'E&W' signifies the series of sheets published to cover England and Wales. A handful of maps at other scales are also listed where they depict the feature concerned.
• Column 5 indicates a selection of publications in which references to the fold may be found. See references section for full details of publication.

Sortable table of named folds

Fold name	County	Country	BGS map sheet	book reference/s
Aberfoyle Anticline	Argyll	Scotland	Sc 36, Sc37W, Sc 37E
Airds Hill Anticline	Argyll	Scotland	Sc 45W, Sc 53W
Alderbury-Mottisfont Syncline	Hampshire/Wiltshire	England	E&W 298/9
Alfold Anticline		England	E&W 301
Amesbury Syncline		England	E&W 298
Angle Syncline	Pembrokeshire	Wales	E&W 244/5
Appin Syncline (=Cul Bay Syncline?)		Scotland	Sc 53W
Ardonald Anticline		Scotland	Sc 85E
Ardrishaig Anticline	Argyll	Scotland	Sc 28E, Sc 29W, Sc 36, Sc 37W, Sc 37E	Argyll & Bute etc.
Arley Anticline		England	E&W 110	BGS:BRG 10
Arley Dome	Warwickshire	England	E&W 169
Arlington Anticline	East Sussex	England	E&W 319/334
Armadale Antiform		Scotland	Sc 115W
Ashby Anticline	Leicestershire	England	E&W 141, 155 (x-sections)	BGS:BRG 10; Smith et al. 2005
Ashover Anticline		England	E&W 112	Smith et al. 2005
Astbury Anticline		England
Astley Syncline	Warwickshire	England	E&W 169
Aughton Anticline			E&W 59
Avonmouth Syncline		England		BGS:BRG 16
Babel Anticline		Wales	E&W 213
Backingstone Anticline	Glamorgan	Wales		Brief explan to E&W 247, 2011
Ballimeanoch Syncline	Argyll	Scotland	Sc 45W
Balls Cross Anticline		England	E&W 301
Bannisdale Syncline	Cumbria	England	E&W 38, 39, 48	Brenchley & Rawson 2006; BGS:BRG 7
Barford St Martin Syncline		England	E&W 298
Barmaddy Anticline	Argyll	Scotland	Sc 45W
Beacon Hill Pericline		England		BGS:BRG 16
Bealach-dubh Syncline		Scotland	Sc 54E
Beatrix Fell Syncline		England	E&W 59
Beinn a'Chlachair Synform		Scotland	Sc 63W
Beinn a'Ghlo Anticline		Scotland	Sc 64E
Beinn Chuirn Anticline		Scotland	Sc 46W
Beinn Direach Anticline		Scotland	Sc 108W
Beinn Donn Syncline (*also 'Beinn Don Syncline')	Argyll	Scotland	Sc 45W, *Sc 53W
Beinn Mholach Antiformal Syncline		Scotland	Sc54E
Beinn Sgluich Anticline	Argyll	Scotland	Sc 45W
Beinn Sgulaird Recumbent Syncline		Scotland	Sc 53W
Beinn Sgulaird Syncline	Argyll	Scotland	Sc 45W
Beinn Udlaidh Syncline		Scotland	Sc 46W
Ben Alder Anticline		Scotland	Sc54E
Ben Alder Syncline		Scotland	Sc54E
Ben Hee Anticline		Scotland	Sc 108W
Ben Lawers Synform^[1]	Argyll	Scotland	Sc 45W, Sc 45E Sc 55W
Ben Ledi Antiform		Scotland	Sc 38E
Ben Lui Syncline		Scotland	Sc 46W
Ben Sgluich Anticline		Scotland	Sc53W
Ben Vane Synform		Scotland	Sc 38E
Benson Knott Syncline	Cumbria	England	E&W 39
Bere Forest Syncline	Hampshire	England	E&W 316
Berwick Monocline	Northumberland/Berwickshire	England/Scotland		BGS:BRG 7
Berwyn Anticline		Wales	UK (south) 625K; E&W 136	Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Berwyn Dome		Wales	E&W 136, 137	Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Bewcastle Anticline	Cumbria	England		BGS:BRG 7
Bhuirich Dome		Scotland	Assynt (special 50K)
Birdlip Anticline ('High')		England		BGS:BRG 16
Black Isle Syncline		Scotland		BGS:BRG 2
Bohespic Antiform		Scotland	Sc 55W
Boldon Syncline	Durham	England		BGS:BRG 7
Boscombe Down Anticline		England	E&W 298
Bosherston Anticline	Pembrokeshire	Wales	E&W 244/5
Bowhill Syncline		Scotland	Sc 40E
Boyndie Syncline		Scotland		Trewin (ed) 2002
Bradley Anticline	Yorkshire	England	E&W 69
Bradley Syncline	Yorkshire	England	E&W 69
Branddu Syncline		Wales	E&W 195
Brawl Synform		Scotland	Sc 115W
Breabag Dome		Scotland	Assynt (special 50K),	G & K 2011
Breedon Anticline		England		Smith et al. 2005
Breidden Anticline	Powys	Wales		Toghill P. 2006
Brendon Anticline	Somerset	England		Proc.Geol.Ass'n. vol76, pt1. 1965
Brendon Syncline	Somerset	England		Proc.Geol.Ass'n. vol76, pt1. 1965
Brimington Anticline		England	E&W 100, E&W 112
Brinsford Anticline		England	E&W 153
Broadfield Down Anticline		England	E&W 264
Broadford Anticline		Scotland		BGS:BRG 3
Broad Bench Anticline	Dorset	England		GA Guide22
Brogan Anticline		Wales		Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Brown Clee Syncline	Shropshire	England	Mid Wales & Marches 250K	BGS:BRG 10; Toghill P. 2006
Bullslaughter Bay Syncline	Pembrokeshire	Wales	E&W 244/5
Burntisland Anticline		Scotland	Sc 40E	Trewin (ed) 2002
Burton Anticline	Pembrokeshire	Wales	E&W 228	Allen et al 1982
Bwn Bach Anticline		Wales	E&W 193
Caburn Syncline	East Sussex	England	E&W 318/333, E&W 319/334
Caerdeon Syncline	Merionethshire	Wales	E&W 135
Cain / Tanat Syncline		Wales		Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Camp Hill Monocline	Warwickshire	England	E&W 169
Capel Curig Anticline	Gwynedd	Wales	E&W 106
Capel Hill Syncline		Scotland	Sc 56W
Cardiff-Cowbridge Anticline	Glamorgan	Wales	E&W 263
Carlin Gill Anticline	Cumbria	England	E&W 39	Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Carlisle Anticline	Cumbria	England		BGS:BRG 7
Carnmore Antiform		Scotland		BGS:BRG 2
Carn Owen Pericline		Wales	E&W 163
Castlemartin Cors Anticline	Pembrokeshire	Wales	E&W 244/5
Castley Knotts Syncline	Cumbria	England	E&W 39
Catacol Synform		Scotland		BGS:BRG 3
Cedni Syncline		Wales	E&W 196
Cefn Syncline	Shropshire	England		Toghill P. 2006
Cefn Bryn Anticline	Glamorgan	Wales		Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011
Cefn Mawr Syncline	Glamorgan	Wales		Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011
Cefngarreg Syncline		Wales	E&W 213
Central Wales Syncline		Wales	Mid Wales & Marches 250K	Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Central Wales Synclinorium		Wales
Chaldon Pericline	Dorset	England
Charnian Anticline		England		Smith et al. 2005
Chepstow Anticline				Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961
Chichester Syncline	Hampshire	England	E&W 316, E&W 317/322
Chop Gate Dome	Yorkshire	England		BGS:BRG9
Cinderhill Flexure		England	E&W 125
Clackmannan Syncline		Scotland	Sc 39E	Trewin (ed) 2002
Clanna Anticline				Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961
Clanna - Beachley Pericline				Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961
Cleeve Hill Syncline ('Trough')		England		BGS:BRG 16
Cleveland Anticline	Yorkshire	England		BGS:BRG9
Clun Valley Syncline	Shropshire	England		Toghill P. 2006
Clunes Antiform		Scotland	Sc 55W
Clunes Synform		Scotland	Sc 55W
Clyngwyn Syncline		Wales	E&W 195
Coalpit Heath Syncline		England		BGS:BRG 16
Coalport Syncline		England	E&W 153
Coalville Syncline		England		Smith et al. 2005
Coire Bhran Anticline		Scotland	Sc 64W
Coire na h-eiginn Anticline		Scotland	Sc 54E
Cole Syncline		England		BGS:BRG 16
Collington Anticline		England	Mid Wales & Marches 250K
Coltshill Anticline	Glamorgan	Wales		Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011
Combe Bissett Syncline		England	E&W 298
Compton Valence Dome		England	E&W 327
Corris Anticline		Wales	E&W 149
Cotherstone Syncline		England	E&W 31
Cothi Anticline		Wales	E&W 195
Cowal Antiform	Argyll	Scotland	Sc 20, Sc 29W, Sc 29E, Sc 37W, Sc 37E	Trewin (ed) 2002
Craig Ysgiog Anticline		Wales	E&W 149
Craignure Anticline	Highland	Scotland	Sc 44W/44E	BGS:BRG 3
Creag a'Mhadaidh Anticline		Scotland	Sc 54E
Creag a'Mhadaidh Antiform		Scotland	Sc 55W
Creag a'Mhadaidh Syncline		Scotland	Sc 54E
Creag a'Mhadaidh Antiformal Syncline		Scotland	Sc 54E
Creag Dhubh Synform		Scotland	Sc 64W
Creagan Loisgte Syncline		Scotland	Sc 27
Crich Anticline		England	E&W 112, E&W 125
Croydon Anticline	Somerset	England		Proc.Geol.Ass'n. vol76, pt1. 1965
Cuil Bay Syncline (*or 'Cul Bay Syncline')	Argyll	Scotland	Sc 45W, *Sc 53W
Cumberland Monocline		England		Brenchley & Rawson 2006; BGS:BRG 7
Cyrn-y-Brain Anticline		Wales		Plant et al. 1999
Danby Head Dome	Yorkshire	England		BGS:BRG9
Dean Hill Anticline	Hampshire/Wiltshire	England	E&W 298/9
Derbyshire Dome		England		Smith et al. 2005
Derwen Anticline		Wales		Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Dhoon Anticline		Isle of Man	IoM (50K special sheet)	Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Dhoon-Port Erin Anticline		Isle of Man		BGS:BRG 7
Dhorius Anticline		Scotland	Sc 27
Dionard Antiform		Scotland		BGS:BRG 2
Doethie Anticline		Wales	E&W 195
Dolwen Anticline		Wales	E&W 135	Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Dolwen Pericline		Wales
Dolwyddelan Syncline		Wales		Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Don Monocline	Yorkshire	England	E&W 87, E&W 100
Donfield Syncline		England	E&W 100
Donnington Syncline		England	E&W 153
Douglas Syncline		Isle of Man	IoM (50K special sheet)	Brenchley & Rawson 2006; BGS:BRG 7
Dovedale Anticline		England		Smith et al. 2005
Dovey Syncline		Wales	E&W 163
Druimavuic Syncline	Argyll	Scotland	Sc 45W
Drws-y-coed Syncline	Gwynedd	Wales	E&W 119
Duffield Anticline		England		Smith et al. 2005
Dundonnell Antiform		Scotland		BGS:BRG 2
Dyffryn Elwy Anticline	Clwyd	Wales		Mem E&W 95/107
Dyfi Syncline		Wales	E&W 149
Earl's Seat Anticline		Scotland	Sc 40E	Trewin (ed) 2002
Eastnor Syncline		England	E&W 216
Ebernoe Anticline		England	E&W 301
Ecton Anticline		England	E&W 111
Eday Syncline	Shetland	Scotland		BGS:BRG 1
Elswick Anticline	Lancashire	England	E&W 67
Elswick Dome	Lancashire	England	E&W 67
Erewash Valley Anticline		England	E&W 125
Errochty Synform		Scotland	Sc 55W
Eskdale Anticline	Yorkshire	England		BGS:BRG9
Fairlight Anticline	East Sussex	England	E&W 320/321
Falkirk-Stane Syncline		Scotland		Trewin (ed) 2002
Farfield Syncline	Cumbria	England	E&W 39	Trewin (ed) 2002
Fell End Syncline		England		BGS:BRG 7
Fernhurst Anticline		England	E&W 301
Fiag Syncline		Scotland	Sc 108W
Fillongley Anticline		England		Smith et al. 2005
Foel Dinas Syncline		Wales	E&W 150
Forest of Dean Syncline		England		Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Fox-Strangways Dome	Yorkshire	England		BGS:BRG9
Freshwater East Anticline	Pembrokeshire	Wales	E&W 244/5
Frome Syncline	Dorset	England		GA Guide22
Fylingdales Syncline	Yorkshire	England		BGS:BRG9
Gaick Anticline		Scotland	Sc 64W
Gaick Syncline		Scotland	Sc 64W
Garry Synform		Scotland	Sc 55W
Geal Charn Syncline		Scotland	Sc 54E
Gell Syncline	Clwyd	Wales		Mem E&W 95/107
Giur-bheinn Anticline		Scotland	Sc 27
Glaick Anticline		Scotland	Sc 64W
Glaick Syncline		Scotland	Sc 64W
Glen Creran Anticline	Argyll	Scotland	Sc 45W, Sc 53W
Glen Lochy Anticline		Scotland	Sc 46W
Glen Orchy Antiform		Scotland		Trewin (ed) 2002
Glenborrodale Antiform		Scotland	Sc 51E
Gloddaeth Syncline	Clwyd	Wales		Mem E&W 95/107
Goathland Syncline	Yorkshire	England		BGS:BRG9
Gorseinon Syncline	Glamorgan	Wales		Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011
Gowerton Syncline	Glamorganshire	Wales	E&W 247
Goyt Syncline		England		Smith et al. 2005
Great Orme Syncline	Clwyd	Wales		Mem E&W 95/107
Great Ridge Anticline		England	E&W 298
Gressingham Syncline		England	E&W 59
Guilsfield Anticline			E&W 151
Gun Hill Anticline		England	E&W 111
Greenhurst Anticline		England	E&W 318/333
Gwesyn Syncline		Wales	E&W 196
Gwytherin Syncline	Clwyd	Wales		Mem E&W 95/107
Ham Anticline		Scotland	Sc 116W
Hardstoft Anticline		England	E&W 112
Harlech Dome	Merionethshire	Wales	Mid Wales & Marches 250K	Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Hareslade Syncline	Glamorgan	Wales		Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011
Harrogate Anticline	Yorkshire	England	E&W 62, 69
Harting Combe Anticline		England	E&W 301
Haslemere Syncline		England	E&W 301
Haweswater Syncline	Cumbria	England		BGS:BRG 7
Heath Anticline		England	E&W 112
Heatherslade Anticline	Glamorgan	Wales		Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011
Hem Anticline		England	E&W 153
Hendre-ddu Syncline		Wales	E&W 150
Henfield Syncline		England	E&W 318/333
Heysham Anticline		England	E&W 59
Highland Border Downbend		Scotland	Sc 38E, Sc 56W, Sc 67	Trewin (ed) 2002
Hindhead Anticline		England	E&W 301
Hog Hill Syncline		Scotland	Sc 11
Hog's Back Monocline		England
Hollingbury Dome		England	E&W 318/333
Holymoorside Monocline		England	E&W 112
Hope Mansel Anticline				Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961
Horseshoe Anticline				Smith et al. 2005
Hortham Syncline				Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961
Howle Hill Syncline				Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961
Huntington Syncline		England	E&W 153
Hutton Monocline		England	E&W 59
Idwal Syncline	Gwynedd	Wales	E&W 106
Inver - Black Isle Syncline		Scotland		BGS:BRG 2
Ironville Anticline		England	E&W 112, E&W 125
Islay Anticline		Scotland	Sc 27
Islay Syncline		Scotland	Sc 36
Kempie Syncline	Sutherland	Scotland		G & K 2011
Kilchrenan Syncline	Argyll	Scotland	Sc 45W
Kilmelford Monoform	Argyll	Scotland	Sc 45W
Kilmory Bay Syncline	Argyll & Bute	Scotland	Sc 28E
Kingsclere Anticline		England	E&W 283
Kingston-Beddingham Anticline	East Sussex	England	E&W 318/333, E&W 319/334
Kingswood Anticline	Somerset	England		BGS:BRG 16
King's Wood Syncline				Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961
Kinlochlaggan Syncline		Scotland	Sc 63E
Kirk Ireton Syncline		England	E&W 125
Kirkham Syncline	Lancashire	England	E&W 67
Kirtomy Synform		Scotland	Sc 115W
Kiveton Anticline		England	E&W 100
Knapdale Steep Belt	Argyll & Bute	Scotland	Sc 28E
Knots Anticline		England	E&W 59
Laggan Anticline		Scotland	Sc 63E
Lancaster Moor Syncline		England	E&W 59
Langland Anticline	Glamorgan	Wales		Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011
Lask Edge Anticline		England	E&W 110
Leagag Antiform		Scotland	Sc 54E
Ledwyche Anticline		Wales	Mid Wales & Marches 250K
Lemmington Anticline	Northumberland	England	E&W 6	BGS:BRG 7
Letterewe Synform		Scotland		BGS:BRG 7; Trewin (ed) 2002
Leven Syncline			UK (north) 625K, Sc 40E	Trewin (ed) 2002
Limley Anticline		England	E&W 51
Littlehampton Anticline	West Sussex	England	E&W 317/332, E&W 318/333
Littleton Syncline				Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961
Littlewood Syncline	West Sussex	England	E&W 317/332
Litton Cheney Syncline	Dorset	England		GA Guide22
Llanelly Syncline	Glamorgan	Wales		Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011
Llan Syncline (Ritton Castle Syncline)	Shropshire	England	E&W 151, 165	Toghill P. 2006
Llandderfel Syncline		Wales	UK (south) 625K, E&W 150
Llangadfan Syncline		Wales	E&W 150
Llangollen Syncline		Wales		Plant, JA et al. 1999
Llanidloes Syncline		Wales	E&W 164
Llŷn Syncline	Gwynedd	Wales	E&W 134
Loch Ailsh Syncline		Scotland		BGS:BRG 2
Loch Alsh Fold		Scotland	Sc 71E
Loch Awe Syncline (*or 'Loch Awe Synform')	Argyll	Scotland	Sc 28E, Sc 36, Sc 37W, Sc 37E, *Sc 45E	Trewin (ed) 2002
Loch Don Anticline		Scotland	Sc 44E
Loch Laggan Antiform		Scotland	Sc 63W
Loch Maree Synform		Scotland		BGS:BRG 2
Loch Sween Anticline	Argyll & Bute	Scotland	Sc 28E
Loch Tay Antiform		Scotland	Sc 55W
Lochalsh Syncline		Scotland		BGS:BRG 3; Trewin (ed) 2002
Lochan Dubh Synform		Scotland	Sc 54E
Lochinver Antiform		Scotland		BGS:BRG 2
Lochinver Monocline	Sutherland	Scotland		G & K 2011
Lockton Anticline	Yorkshire	England		BGS:BRG9
Lodsworth Syncline		England	E&W 301
London Basin Syncline		England		BGS:BRG 13, Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Long Mountain Syncline	Shropshire	England	E&W 151	Toghill P. 2006
Longstone Edge Anticline		England		Smith et al. 2005
Lorton Anticline	Cumbria	England		Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Lothersdale Anticline	Yorkshire	England	E&W 69	Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Lowick Anticline	Cumbria	England	E&W 48	Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Ludlow - Ledwyche Anticline		England		BGS:BRG 10
Ludlow Anticline	Shropshire	England		Toghill, P 2006; Smith et al. 2005; Earp & Hains 1971
Lulworth Banks Anticline	Dorset	England	E&W 342/3
Lulworth Crumple	Dorset	England	E&W 342/3	^[2]
Lydney Syncline				Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961
Lynton Anticline	Somerset	England	E&W 278, 293
Machynlleth Anticline		Wales	Mid Wales & Marches 250K
Madeley Syncline		England	E&W 153
Maes y Gamfa Anticline		Wales	E&W 150
Main Syncline (Forest of Dean)	Gloucestershire	England		BGS:BRG 16
Mansfield Anticline		England	E&W 112
Matlock Anticline		England	E&W 112
Marshwood Pericline	Dorset	England		Mem E&W 328etc, GA Guide22
May Hill Anticline		England	E&W 216
Meall a'Bhobuir Synform		Scotland	Sc 54E
Meall Chuaich Syncline		Scotland	Sc 64W
Meall Nathrach Antiform		Scotland	Sc 63W
Meall Reamhar Synform		Scotland	Sc 55W, Sc 64E
Melbourne Syncline		England		Smith et al. 2005
Melton Mowbray Anticline		England		BGS:BRG 10
Micheldever Syncline	Hampshire	England	E&W 283/299/300
Middleton Tyas Anticline		England	E&W 41
Midlothian Syncline		Scotland		Trewin (ed) 2002
Mixon - Morridge Anticline		England	E&W 111
Moel Geffylog Anticline	Clwyd	Wales		Mem E&W 95/107
Moel Hebog Syncline	Gwynedd	Wales	E&W 119
Morar Anticline		Scotland		BGS:BRG 2
Moseley Syncline		England	E&W 153
Mount Blair Anticline		Scotland	Sc 56W
Mount Pleasant Syncline		England		Smith et al. 2005
Mounton Syncline				Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961
Mynydd y Llyn Anticline		Wales	E&W 149
Nailsea Syncline		England		BGS:BRG 16
Nant Mawr Syncline	Clwyd	Wales		Mem E&W 95/107
Netherfield Anticline		England	E&W 320/321 (text)
Netherton Anticline		England	E&W 167	BGS:BRG 10
New Hall Syncline		England		Smith et al. 2005
Nicky Nook Anticline	Lancashire	England	E&W 67
Norton-Ridgeway Anticline		England	E&W 100
Norwood Anticline	Yorkshire	England	E&W 69
Nuneaton Anticline		England		Smith et al. 2005
Oaken Head Syncline		England	E&W 59
Oakwoodhill Syncline		England	E&W 302
Ord Syncline		Scotland	Sc 71W
Orielton Anticline	Pembrokeshire	Wales	E&W 244/5
Oxfordshire Coalfield Syncline		England	E&W 235
Oxwich Bay Syncline	Glamorgan	Wales		Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011
Oxwich Point Anticline	Glamorgan	Wales		Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011
Overseal Anticline		England		Smith et al. 2005
Oystermouth Syncline	Glamorgan	Wales		Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011
Painswick Trough (Syncline)		England		BGS:BRG 16
Pandy Twdwr Anticline	Clwyd	Wales		Mem E&W 95/107
Park Mill Anticline	Glamorgan	Wales		Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011
Patcham Syncline		England	E&W 318/333
Pembroke Syncline	Pembrokeshire	Wales	E&W 244/5
Pen Cafnau Anticline		Wales	E&W 193
Pendle Monocline		England		Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Pennine Anticline		England	E&W 77	Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Pennine Line		England		Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Pennine Monocline		England		Smith et al. 2005
Pentre Bach Syncline		Wales	E&W 213
Penton Linns Anticline	Cumbria	England	E&W 20	Day, 1970
Pewsey Anticline		England	E&W 283
Pewsey-Kingsclere Anticline	Hampshire/Wiltshire	England
Plaistow Syncline		England	E&W 301
Plantation Farm Anticline	Lancashire	England	E&W 67
Plynlimon Anticline		Wales	Mid Wales & Marches 250K
Poll an Droighinn Antiform	Sutherland	Scotland		G & K 2011
Pont Lliw Syncline	Glamorgan	Wales		Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011
Poppit Anticline		Wales	E&W 193
Port Erin Anticline		Isle of Man	IoM (50K special sheet)	Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Portsdown Anticline	Hampshire	England	E&W 316
Potteries Syncline		England	E&W 110	BGS:BRG 10
Povey Syncline		England	E&W 100
Poxwell Anticline	Dorset	England
Poxwell Pericline	Dorset	England	E&W 341/2	GA Guide 22
Poynton Syncline		England	E&W 98
Prees Syncline		England		BGS:BRG 10; Toghill P. 2006; Plant, JA et al. 1999
Purbeck Anticline	Dorset	England	E&W 342/3	GA Guide 22
Purbeck Monocline	Dorset	England	E&W 342/3	Mem E&W 328etc
Pwlldu Head Syncline	Glamorgan	Wales		Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011
Pwllygranant Syncline		Wales	E&W 193
Pyecombe Anticline		England	E&W 318/333
Quantock Anticline	Somerset	England		BGS:BRG 16
Quernmore Syncline		England	E&W 59
Radstock Syncline		England		BGS:BRG 16
Rhiwnant Anticline		Wales	E&W 196	Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Ribchester Syncline	Lancashire	England	E&W 67
Ridge Anticline				Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961
Ridgeway Anticline	Pembrokeshire	Wales	E&W 244/5
Ritton Castle Syncline (Llan Syncline)	Shropshire	England		Toghill P. 2006
Robin Hood's Bay Dome	Yorkshire	England		BGS:BRG9
Rodhuish Syncline	Somerset	England		Proc.Geol.Ass'n. vol76, pt1. 1965
Rolleston Anticline		England	E&W 126
Romiley Anticline		England	E&W 98
Rudyard Anticline		England	E&W 110
Sageston Anticline	Pembrokeshire	Wales	E&W 244/5
Salsburgh Anticline		Scotland		Trewin (ed) 2002
Sandown Anticline		England		Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Sarclet Anticline		Scotland		BGS:BRG 2
Scafell Syncline	Cumbria	England	E&W 38	BGS:BRG 7
Scarborough Dome	Yorkshire	England		BGS:BRG9
Sedgeley and Dudley Anticline		England		BGS:BRG 10
Sgonnan Mor Anticline	Sutherland	Scotland		G & K 2011
Sgonnan Mor Syncline	Sutherland	Scotland		Trewin (ed) 2002, G & K 2011
Shaffalong Syncline		England	E&W 110
Shambles Syncline	Dorset	England		GA Guide22
Shelve Anticline	Shropshire	England	E&W 151	Toghill, P. 2006
Shipley Syncline		England	E&W 125
Shirenewton Anticline				Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961
Sidlaw Anticline		Scotland	UK (north) 625K, Sc 49	Trewin (ed) 2002
Singleton Anticline	West Sussex	England	E&W 317/332
Skipton Anticline	Yorkshire	England	E&W 69
Slaidburn Anticline	Lancashire	England	E&W 67
Snowdon Syncline		Wales	UK (south) 625K	Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Somerton Anticline		England		BGS:BRG 16
Spring Bottom Syncline	Dorset	England		GA Guide 22
Sronlairig Dome		Scotland	Sc 73E
St Florence Syncline	Pembrokeshire	Wales	E&W 244/5
Stanton Syncline		England	E&W 111
Staple Edge Monocline		England		Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961; BGS:BRG 16
Stewnor Anticline	Carmarthenshire	Wales		Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Stewnor Anticline	Cumbria	England	E&W 48
Stirchley Anticline		England	E&W 153
Stob Ban Syncline (*or 'Stob Ban Synform')		Scotland	Sc 63W*	Trewin (ed) 2002
Stockbridge Anticline	Hampshire	England	E&W 299/300
Stourbridge Syncline		England	E&W 167
Strath Dionard Antiform		Scotland		Trewin (ed) 2002
Strathmore Syncline		Scotland	UK (north) 625K, Sc 39W, Sc 48W	Trewin (ed) 2002
Sutton Maddocks Anticline		England	E&W 153
Sykes Anticline	Lancashire	England	E&W 67
Taddington - Bakewell Anticline		England		Smith et al. 2005
Tarbert Monoform	Argyll & Bute	Scotland	Sc 29W, Sc 36
Tarskavaig Synform		Scotland	Sc 71W
Taythes Anticline		England		BGS:BRG 7
Tayvallich Syncline	Argyll & Bute	Scotland	Sc 28E
Teifi Anticline		Wales	E&W 195	Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Teifi Anticlinorium		Wales
Thornbury Anticline		England		Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961
Thornley Anticline	Lancashire	England	E&W 67
Thornton-Balgonie Syncline		Scotland	Sc 40E
Thursley Syncline		England	E&W 301
Tidenham Chase Syncline				Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961
Tirbacas Anticline	Glamorgan	Wales		Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011
Titterstone Clee Syncline	Shropshire	England	Mid Wales & Marches 250K	Toghill P. 2006
Tollie (Thollaidh) Antiform		Scotland	Sc 91/100	BGS:BRG 2; Trewin (ed) 2002
Torridon Antiform		Scotland		BGS:BRG 2; Trewin (ed) 2002
Trannon Syncline		Wales	E&W 164
Tregibby Anticline		Wales	E&W 193
Tre-pys-llygod Syncline	Clwyd	Wales		Mem E&W 95/107
Trimdon Anticline	Durham	England		BGS:BRG 7
Troway Anticline		England	E&W 100
Tryfan Anticline	Gwynedd	Wales	E&W 106
Tylwch Anticline		Wales	E&W 164, 179
Tywi Anticline		Wales	E&W 196	Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Uddingston Syncline		Scotland		Trewin (ed) 2002
Ulpha Syncline	Cumbria	England		BGS:BRG 7
Upton Syncline	Dorset	England		GA Guide22
Upwey Syncline	Dorset	England	E&W 328	GA Guide22
Usk Anticline	Monmouthshire	Wales	E&W 232	Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Vale of Pickering Syncline	Yorkshire	England		BGS:BRG9
Vale of Wardour Anticline		England
Walliswood Anticline		England	E&W 302
Walls Syncline	Shetland	Scotland		BGS:BRG 1
Wardour Monocline		England	E&W 298
Warminghurst Syncline		England	E&W 318/333
Watsness - Browland Anticline	Shetland	Scotland		BGS:BRG 1
Waun Marteg Syncline		Wales	E&W 179
Weald Anticline		England
Weald-Artois Anticline		England
Wealden Anticline		England		Brenchley & Rawson 2006
Weeton Anticline	Lancashire	England	E&W 67
Welbeck Trough		England	E&W 112
Werrington Anticline		England		Smith et al. 2005
Wessington Anticline		England	E&W 112
Westbury Anticline		England	E&W 264
West Mainland Anticline	Shetland	Scotland		BGS:BRG 1
Western Anticline		England		BGS:BRG 10; Smith et al. 2005
Westfield Syncline		Scotland		Trewin (ed) 2002
Westmorland Monocline		England		Brenchley & Rawson 2006; BGS:BRG 7
Weymouth Anticline	Dorset	England	E&W 341/2	Mem E&W 328etc, GA Guide 22
Whitby Syncline	Yorkshire	England		BGS:BRG9
Whitewell Anticline	Lancashire	England	E&W 67
Whitwell Anticline		England	E&W 100
Wigpool Syncline				Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961
Williamson Park Anticline		England	E&W 59
Williamthorpe Syncline		England	E&W 112
Windmill Syncline		England	E&W 153
Winchester-East Meon Anticline	Hampshire	England	E&W 299/300/316
Winchester-King's Somborne Syncline	Hampshire	England	E&W 299/300
Wisborough Green Anticline		England	E&W 301
Withycombe Anticline	Somerset	England		Proc.Geol.Ass'n. vol76, pt1. 1965
Woodford Anticline		England	E&W 298
Woolhope Anticline		England	E&W 215
Woolhope Dome		England
Worcester Syncline	Worcestershire	England		Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961; BGS:BRG 16
Worthing Syncline		England	E&W 318/333
Wylye Anticline		England	E&W 298

List of Disturbances

The following named features comprise both faulting and folding;

Sortable table of named disturbances

Disturbance name	County	Country	BGS map sheet	book reference/s
Burtreeford Disturbance		England	E&W 19	BGS:BRG 7
Carreg Cennen Disturbance		Wales
Clun Forest Disturbance		Wales
Cribarth Disturbance		Wales
Llandyfaelog Disturbance		Wales
Llannon (or Llanon) Disturbance		Wales
Neath Disturbance		Wales		Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011
Pontyclerc Disturbance		Wales
Saron Disturbance		Wales
Silverdale Disturbance		England		BGS:BRG 7
Trimsaran Disturbance		Wales

References

Maps

• 1:625,000 scale geological map 2007, Bedrock Geology UK North, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Notts (UK north 625K)
• 1:625,000 scale geological map 2007, Bedrock Geology UK South, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Notts (UK south 625K)
• 1:250,000 scale geological map Mid Wales and the Marches, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Notts (Mid Wales & Marches 250K)
• various of 1:50,000 scale geological maps of England and Wales, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Notts (E & W no.)
• 1:50,000 scale geological map; Scotland Special Sheet Assynt, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Notts (Assynt (Special 50K))
• 1:50,000 scale geological map; Special Sheet Isle of Man, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Notts (IoM (50K special sheet))

Books

• Aitkenhead, N. et al. 2002. British Regional Geology: the Pennines and adjacent areas (4th edn) British Geological Survey, Nottingham (BGS:BRG 8)
• Allen, J R L, Thomas, R L, and Williams, B P J. 1982. The Old Red Sandstone north of Milford Haven. 123–149 in Geological excursions in Dyfed, south-west Wales. BASSETT, M G (editor). (Cardiff: Published for the Geologists’ Association by the National Museum of Wales.) (Allen et al 1982)
• Barclay, W.J. 2011 Geology of the Swansea District - a brief explanation of the geological map Sheet explanation of the British Geological Survey 1:50K sheet 247 Swansea (England and Wales) (Brief expln to E&W 247, 2011)
• Barton et al. 2011. Geology of South Dorset and South-east Devon and its World Heritage Coast, Special Memoir of the British Geological Survey (Mem E&W 328etc)
• Brenchley, P.J. & Rawson, P.F. (eds) 2006. The Geology of England and Wales, (2nd edn) The Geological Society, London (Brenchley & Rawson 2006)
• Cope, J.C.W. 2012 GA Guide no 22: Geology of the Dorset Coast, Geologists' Association, ISBN 9780900717611 (GA Guide22)
• Day J.B.W. 1970. Geology of the Country around Bewcastle London:HMSO (Day 1970)
• Earp, J.R. & Hains, B.A. 1971. British Regional Geology: Welsh Borderland (3rd edn) London:HMSO (Earp & Hains 1971)
• Emeleus, C.H. & Bell, B.R. 2005. British Regional Geology:the Palaeogene volcanic districts of Scotland (4th edn) British Geological Survey, Nottingham (BGS:BRG 3)
• Goodenough, K.M. & Krabbendam, M. 2011 A Geological Excursion Guide to the North-west Highlands of Scotland, Edinburgh Geological Society, ISBN 978-1-905267-53-8 (G & K 2011)
• Green, G.W. 1992 British Regional Geology: Bristol and Gloucester Region(3rd edn), London, HMSO for British Geological Survey (BGS:BRG 16)
• Hains, B.A. & Horton, A., 1969 British Regional Geology: Central England, London, HMSO for British Geological Survey (BGS:BRG 10)
• Johnstone, G.S. & Mykura, W., 1989 British Regional Geology: The Northern Highlands of Scotland, (4th edn) London: HMSO for the British Geological Survey (BGS:BRG 2)
• Kent, P., Gaunt, G.D. & Wood, C.J., 1980 . British Regional Geology:Eastern England from the Tees to The Wash, London HMSO (BGS:BRG9)
• Mykura, W. 1976 British Regional Geology: Orkney and Shetland, Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh: HMSO for the British Geological Survey (BGS:BRG 1)
• Plant, J.A., Jones, D.G. & Haslam H.W. 1999 The Cheshire Basin: basin evolution, fluid movement and mineral resources in a Permo-Triassic rift setting, British Geological Survey, Nottingham (Plant et al. 1999)
• Smith et al. 2005 Structure & Evolution of the south-west Pennine Basin and adjacent area. Subsurface memoir of the British Geological Survey. (Smith et al. 2005)
• Stone et al. 2010. British Regional Geology: Northern England (5th edn) British Geological Survey, Nottingham (BGS:BRG 7)
• Toghill, P. 2006 Geology of Shropshire (2nd edn) Crowood Press, Wilts (Toghill P 2006)
• Trewin, NH (ed) 2002. The Geology of Scotland. The Geological Society, London (Trewin (ed) 2002)
• Warren et al. 1984, Geology of the country around Rhyl and Denbigh, Mem Br Geol Svy, sheets 95 and 107 (Mem E&W 95/107)
• Webby, B.D. 1965 Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. volume 76, part 1 (Proc.Geol.Ass'n v76, pt1, 1965)
• Welch, F.B.A. & Trotter, F.M. 1961 Geology of the Country around Monmouth and Chepstow, HMSO (explanation of 1" geol. sheets 233 & 250 (England and Wales) (Welch, FBA & Trotter, FM 1961)

1. referred to incorrectly as Ben 'Lawyers' Synform on BGS map
2. . Archived from the original on 2010-06-08. Retrieved 2010-09-12.

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