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from Williton to Stogumber, Lydeard St. Lawrence, Fitzhead, 

 Tipnoller, Milverton and Etunington. Amidst and flanking the 

 Devonian series forming the valley from Porlock, by Holnicote, 

 Lnckham and Timberscombe, these Magnesio-calcareous Con- 

 glomerates are also worked for Lime. Two patches occur at 

 Well-farm and Knoll, which significantly determine the relation 

 of these conglomerates and Eed Sandstone Eocks to the older 

 Devonians on which they rest, and to the Ehsetic and Lias 

 above. It may be interesting if not important to mention the 

 heights of some of the hills composed of Devonian rocks within 

 the area tmder notice; three of the most elevated being on the 

 Quantock Hills, namely, WiUs Neck 1270 feet, Danesborough 

 (Doncebury) 1022 feet, and Cothelstone Beacon 1062 feet, 

 Grabbist Hill west of Dunster 906 feet, and North HUl north- 

 east of Porlock 824 feet. Lncott and Porlock Hills with Dunkery 

 Beacon suffice to attest the original magnitude of the West 

 Somerset Lower and Middle Devonian strata. 



The relation of the Bunter and Keuper Sandstones and Marls, 

 with the succeeding Ehsetic and Lias to the underlying Devonian 

 may be thus shown — 



Expressed in columnar form or in time they will therefore 



read : 



Lias { Lower Lias 



Eheetic Series. 

 New Eed Marls 



r 



^SbeS° < New Eed Sandstone 



Devonian 



Conglomerate 

 Bunter Sandstone 

 Middle Devonian 

 Lower Devonian 



Faults. Between Blue Anchor and Benhole Farm, east of 

 Little Stoke, no less than 16 north and south faults are observable 

 on the shore, and 21 bearing east and west ; these so interlace 

 each other at Little Stoke and Kilve as to render it impossible 

 to construct consecutive vertical sections, the continuity being 

 destroyed. The vaUey of Stogumber lies, I doubt not, in. a line 

 of faulted depression with the west flank of the Quantocks 



