| Clackmannan Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Carboniferous | |
 Fossil trail of giant Myriapod, Limestone Coal Formation, Clackmannan Group | |
| Type | Group |
| Sub-units | Lower Limestone Formation, Limestone Coal Formation, Upper Limestone Formation, Passage Formation |
| Underlies | Coal Measures Group |
| Overlies | Strathclyde Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | sandstones, mudstones |
| Other | limestones, siltstones, ironstones, coal, seatrocks, fireclay |
| Location | |
| Region | Central Lowlands of Scotland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Clackmannan (town) |
The Clackmannan Group is the name given to a suite of rocks of late Dinantian and Namurian age laid down during the Carboniferous period in the Midland Valley of Scotland.[1]
- ^ "Clackmannan Group". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Society. Retrieved 27 February 2014.