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tlie paik autl visit Hagley Dome. All tliu localities iu this cxpuJilion have 

 been fully described above. Rctm-n to Hereford. 



Houfc 5. — To Mitcbcldean-road Station, Up IMay Hill and admire the 

 view. Down in the direction of Newent, which need not be visited ; search 

 rather for the small outcrops of the coal measures. To Gorstley Common, 

 where the Downton sandstone and Upper Ludlow rocks, near the fishpools, 

 should be examined. To the Poitnd ■ quarries of Ajancstry (?) Limestone in 

 Linton 'Wood. Through the wood to Tedgewood and Upton Com-t. Across the 

 fields lip to MulhamiJton farm-house, where a good %'iew may be had of the long 

 stem of the AYoolhope district. Walk along the ridge to Pen-ystouo Hill, and 

 do-svn the avenue into the turnpike- road. To How Caple and Fawley Station. 



Itonte 6. — Ti-ain to Stoke Edith Station. Through the park to the Stoke 

 Cockshoot. Turn S.E. down the Lower Ludlow valley to a break in the 

 ■\Venlock ridge, near Canwood, called Botany Bay by the natives : there are 

 some rich old limestone quariies here. Back by the road thi'ough Checkley 

 Common, where there are a few exposures of Wenlock Shale. Follow the 

 coiu'se of the Pentelow brook to Mordiford, noticing on the way some curious 

 dislocations caused by the fault. Wlien the brook is low many fossils may be 

 found in the rocks laid bare by it. Eetum to Hereford. 



Route 7. — Train to Holm Lacy. Cross the Toll-bridge and walk to 

 Fownhope. Up the road, through the gorge, by Fownhope Court to NupiJend. 

 Walk along the Wenlock ridge to the S.E. Some capital quarries are passed, 

 nearly as rich as Dormington Wood. Observe how the Aymestry ridge has been 

 twisted and broken. About Buckenhill some exposures of Aymestry rock may 

 be found. Continue the walk by Sollers Hojje to Lindels, where the Aymestry is 

 sqvieezed out by a fault, and the two ridges of Wenlock Limestone meet with 

 many exposures at an acute angle, showing dips in all directions. Ascend 

 Oldbury Hill, and walk N. along the Aymestry ridge. Cross to Seager Hill, and 

 down Tarrington Common to Stoke Edith station. 



Boute 8. — Walk to Mordiford. Up Marian's HiU. Down and to Old 

 Sufton. Trace the f.ault at Prior's Frome, and examine the exposures. Many 

 fossils may be found at the Ludlow quarry at Prior's Court. Thence to Dormington 

 village, to the landshp on the side of the hUl. To Stoke Edith station. 



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