GEOLOGICAL STRUCTUEE OF DUNDRY HILL 189 



Beclie' mentioned ifc, but only in a general way, as a locality 

 for Inferior Oolite. H. E. Strickland ^ correlated the Oolite 

 of Dundry with the pisolite of Cheltenham, the Cephalopod- 

 bed at Haresfield Hill, and the Oolite of Bridport. 



In 1857 Lycett" shortly noticed Dundry and compared its 

 beds with those of the Cotteswolds. He correlated " the 

 ragstone " (evidently the coralline beds) with his spinosa- 

 stage; the building stone with the fimhria-fita,ge, and the 

 Ironshot oolite with the Cheltenham pisolite. 



In 1859 Wright^ gave an account of the Inferior Oolite, 

 and in his paper published certain "Notes on Diindry Hill, 

 by R. Etheridge." 



The sequence of the strata was given in the following 



terms :— 



Feet. 



" 7. Baildiug-stoue or Freestone beds ... 12 



6. Fine-grained oolite 4 



5. Ragstones (shells) 8 



ij & 4. Rubbly Limestones (sliells) .... 12 



2. Ammonite bed ) 



1. Ironshot shelly bed ; 



a. Upper Lias Sands 2 



'7 



0. 



Lower Lias 500 " 



In regard to this section, wo notice the following 

 points : — 



1. That no Middle Lias is mentioned; and on this subject 

 Mr. Etheridge is very emphatic, saying (p. 22), " In this 

 fine development there are no traces whatever of the Middle 

 Lias or Marlstone as exhibited in the Bath district, and in the 

 Cotteswold Range generally." 



1 ' Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset,' 

 London, 1839, p. 234. 



- Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. vi. (1350), p. 249. 



3 'The Cotteswold Hills,' London and Stroud (1857), p. 72. 



* ' On the Sub-divisious of the Inferior Oolite in the South of 

 England, etc. ;' Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xvi. (1860), pp. 5-18. 



