The Smerwick Group is a Devonian lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in the Dingle peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland. The name is derived from the village of Smerwick (Irish: Ard na Caithne) where the strata are exposed in coastal sections on either side of Smerwick Harbour, a deep bay on the peninsula's northwest coast.[1]

Smerwick Group
Stratigraphic range: Emsian
TypeGroup
Unit ofOld Red Sandstone
Sub-unitsSauce Creek, Ballydavid and Farran Sandstone formations
UnderliesPointagare Group (unconformity)
OverliesDingle Group (unconformity)
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Otherconglomerate
Location
RegionMunster
Country Ireland
ExtentSouthwest Ireland
Type section
Named forSmerwick

Lithology and stratigraphy

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The Group comprises the Sauce Creek, Ballydavid and Farran Sandstone formations of Devonian age including strata of fluvial and aeolian origin and conglomerates.

References

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  1. ^ Higgs, K. and Williams, B. 2018 Geology of the Dingle Peninsula (guide and map) Geological Survey Ireland