This report describes results of a resurvey of the Quaternary
landforms and deposits in the cross-border area of eastern
Dumfries and Galloway and northern Cumbria, around the
inner Solway Firth. The work was carried out under the
BGS Geology and Landscape (Scotland) programme and
predecessor programmes, by a multidisciplinary team of
geologists and Quaternary specialists. The Solway Project
was initiated in 1998 to resurvey the Quaternary geology of
the Solway lowlands. Field Survey was undertaken between
1998 and 2000, and two special 1:50 000 sheets (Solway
West and Solway East) depicting superficial deposits
and simplified bedrock were published in 2005 and 2006
respectively. Prior to this survey, published Geological
Survey maps of the district were based on surveys carried
out in the 1880s (Dumfriesshire) and the 1920s (Cumbria),
when understanding of both the Quaternary and bedrock
geology was limited. It was acknowledged by the BGS that
there was a requirement for up-to-date geological data for a
range of applications