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of the Towneley family, and was not finally deserted till 1667. 
Right in front lie the great ranges of Whalley, Longridge, and 
Bleasdale, with Parlick Pike to the left, and Pendle and Bouls- 
worth to the right, with the great valleys sweeping wide between. 
What the scene must have been like when the ‘‘ good greenwood” 
lay in sylvan magnificence around, and ‘the merl and mavis 
were singing,’ and memories of Robin Hood and his merry men 
still haunted the shadowy glades, we may imagine. But even 
to-day the site of the old Tower is well worth a visit for those 
who like to breathe pure air, and who love the grandeur of a wide 
prospect and the quiet that is ‘‘ among the lonely hills.” 
BLACKSTONE EDGE AND THE ROMAN ROAD. 
August 23rd, 1884. 
Leader, J. ARTHUR WADDINGTON. 
Dr. Monckman and Mr. J. Arthur Waddington were 
appointed leaders, but owing to a delay in the railway service 
Dr. Monckman unfortunately did not jom the party. However, 
Mr. R. H. Tiddeman, M.A., of Her Majesty’s Geological Survey, 
accompanied the members, and contributed very much to the 
interest of the excursion by the information he afforded respecting 
the geology of the district. The party proceeded by way of the 
old turnpike road, past Lydgate and Blackstone Edge Fold to the 
summit. The highest point of Blackstone Edge is 1551 feet 
above sea level, yielding in point of altitude to but three hills in 
our immediate district—Pendle (1831), Boulsworth (1700), and 
Black Hambledon (1572). During the walk the sharp dip of the 
beds of Millstone Grit was noticed. The key to the geology of 
this neighbourhood is to be found, however, in the fault which 
runs along the western flanks of Blackstone Edge, known as the 
Great Anticlinal Fault. This displacement of strata, which runs 
in a direction nearly due north, has been traced from Leek in 
Staffordshire, at its southern extremity, toa point north of Black 
~ Hambledon, a distance of about 50 miles. On its western side 
the upper beds of the Millstone Grit series are tilted at a high 
angle, whilst upon crossing the fault we find the Kinder Scout 
Grit. This, the lowest bed of the series to which it belongs, lies 
immediately above the Yordale beds, and has a very slight dip 
towards the east. Sometimes the outcrop of the Kinder Scout 
Grit forms a bold escarpment as is the case at Blackstone Edge 
and Black Hambledon. In the former instance the outcrop is 
marked by ,picturesquely grouped blocks of gritstone. Some of 
