| Locharbriggs Sandstone Formation | |
| Type: | Geological formation |
| Age: | Cisuralian |
| Period: | Cisuralian |
| Prilithology: | Sandstone |
| Namedfor: | Locharbriggs |
| Unitof: | Stewartry Group |
| Underlies: | Doweel Breccia Formation |
| Overlies: | unconformity on Lower Paleozoic |
| Thickness: | 1000 m |
| Area: | Dumfries Basin, North Solway Basin |
The Locharbriggs Sandstone Formation is a formation of Cisuralian age (Early Permian). It consists of a 1000 m thick sequence of very well-sorted aeolian sandstones, with well developed dune cross-bedding.[1] The sandstone was used as a building stone in Dumfries, Edinburgh, Glasgow and New York (including the steps of the Statue of Liberty).[2]