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PALAEOLITHIC DEPOSITS AT HITCHIN. 



11. 



Koadside south of Priory Park, ^ mile east of Charlton. 



Feet. 



Soil 1 



' Saudy and stony brickearth 3 



Yellow sandy gravel 3 



Yellow sand 4 



Yellow gravelly sand 1 



Loamy sand 4 



Laminated reddish -brown loam 2 



^ Sand, darker and rather loamy 3 



Ancient 



alluvium, 



decalcified ? 



or Glacial. 



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12. In old brick-pit 90 yards S.S.W. of the Charlton Road and close 

 to path to Maydencroft Farm. Level (of old surface) 271 feet. 



Palaeolithic. 



Ancient 

 alluvium. 



Glacial. 



/ Yellow brickearth with small stones (9 feet already 



\ removed) 14 J 



J Yellow and white marl and silt (compare bore-hole 8) ... 2 



\ Yellow brickearth and small chalk pebbles ^ 



(Chalky boulder clay 9 



Loamy chalky gravel 2 



Gravelly sand 8 



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13. Old gravel-pit in Jeeves' Yard, near Black Horse Lane. Level 



(of old sm-face) 242 feet. 



riflo'al f Coarse gravel, becoming finer below. (Dug.) 18 



\ Finer gravel, watery below. (Bored.) 10| 



14 and trial-pit (see p. 17). 



