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Field Meeting, Tuesday, August 7th, i860. 



PRESTEIGN. 



This CluD held their last Field Meeting for the year at Presteign, on Tuesday, 

 the 7th August. 



The Members under Mr. R. W. Banks, President, assembled at Corton 

 Turnpike, and after passing the quarry of Upper Llandovery, or May Hill Sand- 

 stone, made their way to the sandpits on the north side of the hill. Here Wenlock 

 Shale and Woolhope Limestone, resting on Upper Llandovery beds, inclining 

 40 deg. N., appeared cropping out on the surface, evidently upheaved by the 

 same volcanic eruption which altered the adjoining limestone rocks of Nash, and 

 threw up Stanner rocks, Hanter and Old Radnor hills. 



On the top of Nash Scar the party halted to admire the view of the Nash 

 and Knill Valley, the plains of Herefordshire, and distant Malvern Hills ; while 

 Mr. J. E. Davis and his father. Dr. Davis (who so ably aided Sir R. Murchison 

 when he first explored this district), pointed out the numerous faults which 

 occurred in the broken and wooded ground immediately around. 



Evenjobb was next visited, and the party proceeded over Evenjobb Hill, 

 where the quarries afiorded good sections of the Lower Ludlow rocks. A small 

 portion of Pterygotus was here discovered. A still more extensive view opened 

 out on Evenjobb hill ; the Malverns, Stoke Edith grounds, the Cotteswold range 

 of hills, from Cheltenham down the vale of the Severn, the Black Mountains, and 

 Brecon Beacons, appeared in the distance, while the valley of Old Radnor im- 

 mediately beneath, and Radnor Forest, added to the beauty of the scene. 



Passing by Discoyd, and visiting several Upper Ludlow quarries on the 

 way, the party arrived at Presteign, where a substantial and excellent dinner 

 was provided at the Radnorshire Arms. 



