Pennyroyal Plateau
The Pennyroyal Plateau or Pennyroyal Region, often spelled Pennyrile,
The Pennyroyal is bordered by the Pottsville Escarpment in the east. The Pottsville Escarpment is the transition zone from the central part of Kentucky to the higher and geologically younger Cumberland Plateau in the eastern part of the state. The Pennyroyal is bordered on the north by Muldraugh Hill, the geological escarpment that forms the transition from the geologically older Bluegrass to the Pennyroyal. This is a series of knobs and ridges based on hard siltstones.
The Pennyroyal is bordered on the west by the younger
To the south, the Pennyroyal continues as the Highland Rim of Middle Tennessee.
The Pennyroyal is largely in farmland where the bedrock is
Where the capping sandstone is intact, the land surface is usually forested, rugged hills.
References
- ^ "Pennyrile region" at the Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "The Mississippian Plateau or Pennyroyal Region , Kentucky Geological Survey site". www.uky.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
- ^ "Geology of Kentucky: Chapter 15, Mississippian Plateaus". www.uky.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
- ^ "Interior Low Plateaus Province (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
Further reading
- WPA, Kentucky: A Guide to the Bluegrass State (1939); classic guide from the Federal Writers Project; covers main themes and describes every town and feature, with capsule histories online