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jaw of labyrinthodon was obtained; and a fine cranium of another, 
—the largest known in England, at Kenilworth: Some singular plants 
of large size, which are new, are found in the same sandstone at 
Meriden. ‘There is a curious conglomerate in the Kenilworth quarries 
which contains marine shells, and deserves a careful examination. 
In concluding my remarks on the Geology of the District within a 
limited distance of Warwick and Leamington, I would draw attention 
to the fine collection of Triassic fossils, the finest in the kingdom, in 
the Warwick Museum, which also contains the jaw and head of the 
labyrinthodon, above referred to, from the Permain. The suite of 
Lias fossils is also very extensive, and includes some fine saurians, 
especially a large and entire plesiosaurus, and fish from the quarries 
at Wilmcote. 
Mr. R. F. Tomes then read a Paper descriptive of 
Milcote, and other ancient Burying Places, around 
Stratford-on-Avon. 
Milcote, of which I am about to speak, is situated in this county, 
two miles west of Stratford-on-Avon, and near the confluence of the 
Avon and Stour. The ancient burying-place, the explorations in 
which have afforded so much speculation amongst those interested 
in Archeological researches, is within a few yards of the latter river, 
on its south bank, and a few yards only from the house of my relation, 
Mr. J. C, Adkins, whose name has already appeared in connection 
with this remarkable sepulchre. In some of the printed communications 
which have appeared from the pens of those who have visited the spot, 
it has been stated that Mr. Adkins estimates the number of skeletons 
interred there, to be fully 3,000. This estimate has been made in the 
following manner :—Holes having been sunk at various times for posts, 
or for planting purposes, the area occupied by the skeletons was 
ascertained, and afterwards when the soil was removed from that 
portion which is represented in the photograph,* the skeletons lying 
there were counted, and by this means a tolerably correct idea was 
formed of the number lying within the whole area. Mr. Bakewell, 
writing in the Atheneum, after seeing some of the skeletons taken out, 
suggested that they may have been buried in trenches, and that they 
are not lying continously over the whole area. As far however as is 
at present known, they are thickly and as evenly packed over fully an 
acre of land as they are represented to be in the photogragh now on 
the table. Previously to the exposure there represented, the men who 
were engaged in obtaining gravel, merely uncovered just so many 
skeletons at a time as was necessary for their work, but in this manner 
a much greater space was gone over before the discovery became public 
than afterwards, and the skeletons were equally thickly placed. All 
evidence goes to show that they were principally the bodies of adult 
men. I have now seen more than sixty taken out, and of these three 
* Photograph in the Museum. 
