Geological Survey of England and Wales 1:63,360 maps - map covers

Cover for the folded sheet 286 Reigate (Drift) 1:63,360 map. 1938.

The illustration on the cover is common to all sheets issued 'mounted in sections' at that time. Does anyone know if the place depicted is a real place and if so, where it is?

Panel from sheet 286 Reigate (Drift ) 1:63,360 map. 1938. The full map can be viewed in the BGS Maps Portal.

Cover for 1:63,360 Special sheet Arran. Published 1910.The full map can be viewed in the BGS Maps Portal.

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Sheet 10 [Isle of Wight, Lyrnington, part of Portsmouth Harbour.] Geological Survey of England and Wales Old Series. 1:63,360. 1856.

Two sheets separated by 157 years. Both available as high resolution scans on the new BGS Maps Portal  

Isle of Wight special sheet. Geological Survey of England and Wales 1:50,000 map. 2013

The British Geological Survey (BGS) has  released high resolution scans of over 6000 geological maps which were previously published on paper. The “BGS Maps Portal” provides free to view small and medium scale maps produced by the BGS since geological mapping began in 1832. The Maps Portal includes the recent 1:50,000 mapping of England, Wales and Scotland, geochemical and geophysical maps and also the historical maps that were in the former BGS historical maps website. 

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