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Steep bank to Abbot's Lench, and an isolated patch appears in a 

 valley about a mile to the E. of that place. The Lias caps the hill 

 between Rouse Lench and Abbot's Lench, and then turning to the 

 E., appears no more on this side of the line of fault. The western 

 limit of the Red Marl passes near Bishampton and Abberton, and 

 crosses the Alcester Road a short distance W. of Radford. 



Up to this point, the break in our strata has been marked by an 

 anticHnal valley, but from hence to Feckenham it assumes the 

 form of a fault properly so called, the Red Marl being raised up, 

 and forming a long range of hill, with the Lias on the W. abutting 

 against it at the base. This is best seen by Section II., taken near 

 Inkberrow. The Lias, as before observed, extends no farther than 

 Rouse Lench on the E. side, but on the W. it continues past Little 

 Inkberrow, Morton-under-Hill, and Feckenham, nearly to Lower 

 Bentley, which is its furthest northern point in Worcestershire. 

 At Feckenham, and near Bentley, the Red Marl is again seen 

 to dip to the westward, and apparently to run under the Lias. 



Although the extent of the Lias in this county may be best seen 

 by inspecting the map in the Society's Museum, yet it may be use- 

 ful to give a general sketch of the line pursued by the junction of 

 the Lias and New Red Sandstone or Red Marl. 



About three miles from Alcester, on the road to Stratford, 

 is a hill composed of Lias, with Red Marl at the base ; the former 

 stratum extending northward, but to what distance has not yet 

 been ascertained. From this point the lower junction of the Lias 

 extends tow^ards Bidford, and crosses the Avon about a mile E. of 

 that town. It soon afterwards turns westward, and occupies the 

 summit of a steep bank or cliff, with the river at the base, as far as 

 Salford, whence the ridge turns to the southward, and is known by 

 the name of Cleeve Bank. The river still keeps close to the foot 

 of the bank, the sides of which are composed of Red Marl, and the 

 summit of Lias. This continues to near Littleton Ferry, whence 

 the boundary of the two formations is obscurely defined, but 

 appears to pass near Norton, and turning to the N., to follow the 

 eastern foot of the hills on which Atch Lench stands, as far as the 

 Worcester and Alcester road, which it crosses for a short distance ; 

 it then sweeps round to the westward and forms the hills above 

 Rouse Lench, before mentioned. Having already described the 

 form assumed by these strata throughout the line of fault, we will 

 resume the line of junction at Lower Bentley, where that descrip- 

 tion terminated. From near Lower Bentley the Lias passes about 

 one mile S. E. of Hanbury, and thence at the back of Meer Hall to 

 Goose Hill, and on the north of Trench Wood to Crowle, its course 

 being for the most part marked by a low range of hill. At Crowle 

 is a trood section of it showing very distinctly its junction with the 

 Red Marl. From Crowle, the line of junction crosses successively 

 the roads to Alcester, Evesham, and Pershore, and then turning 

 due S., passes close to Pirton, and across Croome Park, where it 

 forms a low bank, with the house at the foot and the gardens upon 

 the top. Beyond Croome the Lias runs to the S. for about three 

 miles, and turning to the westward past Ripple, it stretches thence 



