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NFERIOR OOLITE AT BRANCH HUISH, RADSTOCK- 



On reading these passages it struck me at once that there had 

 been some misapprehension. 



On a former occasion I had described* a section near Branch 

 Huish in which the upper beds were differently interpreted. It is' 

 true that the section was not measured in the same quarry, but 

 there was every probability that it referred to the same beds. To 

 make sure of the matter last autumn I paid another visit to the 

 locality, having this time the advantage of the companionship of the 

 Rev. H. H. Winwood, F.G.S., Hon. Sec, of the Bath Nat. Hist, 

 Field Club. 



We visited the quarry w^hich I had measured previously, viz., the 

 one by the Limekiln on the side of the tram incline, which leads 

 down from the Writhlington Pit to the Frome Railway. It lies 

 about a quarter of a mile N.N.W. of Branch Huish Farm. The 

 beds there are practically the same as those in the disused quarry 

 immediately at the back of the Farm in the occupation of Mrs. 

 Box, as the following section will show. Both quarries of course 

 are S.S.W. of Radstock. 



Section behind Branch Huish Farm : — 



^ Am. latcecosta, 

 Jamesoni, hjhridiis, 

 Gryph. MacmllocJii 

 Pholad. ar/ihif/ua, 

 T. numimiali8. 



6ft. 



3-6in. 



Yellowish ironshot limestone 



Pale marly limestone with phosph. concretions. 





4m. 



iin. 

 3jin. 

 4in. 

 loin. 

 lin. 



Thin brown shale. 



Yellowish limestone, bluish core. Corn-grit. 



Shale parting 



Brownish limestone. Corn-grit. Ostr. Eisingeri. 



Thin brown shale. 



Yellowish brown limestones, 2-3 courses. Corn-grits 



Clay parting. 



* Notes on the Lias in the neighbourhood of Radstock. Froc. Br. Nat. 

 Soc.y vol. L, part 2., p. 186. [1875.] 



