4] 
Section at Haresfield Hill (Beacon Hill)—Inferior Oolite. Dr. Wr. 
A. A close-grained Freestone resembling the same bed at Leck- 
hampton, but becoming rather flaggy in the tpper part. 
Ail. A close-grained yellow Oolitic Limestone, quarried for road 
mending, much speckled with dendritical patches of the 
peroxide of iron, and containing few fossils. It measures about 
B. A yellowish sandy rock, separating into large blocks which 
contain fossiliferous nodules. The fossils are in general well 
preserved in this bed ; it is not used for any economic purpose, 
and heaps of blocks lie close to the micaceous sands. 
C A brown sandy Oolite, passing into a coarse ferruginous Oolite, 
containing many fossils not well preserved. Oolitic grains of 
the hydrate of iron are scattered through the brown calcareous 
matrix. : : : - - é : E : 8 to 
ft. in. 
15 0 
12 0 
10 0 
. Section at Frocester Hill—Inferior Oolite. Dr. Wricut. 
A. A fine grained Oolitic Limestone * = * = = 
B. A coarse, light, cream-coloured gritty, crystalline Oolite, traversed 
at intervals by shelly layers extremely crystalline ; a great 
part of the rock appears to be composed of the fragments and 
plates of Crinoidea, the plates and spines of Echinide, and 
comminuted fragments of the shells of Mollusca. This white 
rock has a most remarkable lithological character, and glistens 
brilliantly when lit up by the sun’s rays. The shelly and 
pisolitic sears which traverse this bed resemble those in the 
pea grit. The surface of weathered slabs disclose numerous 
Microscopic objects; the rock is, in fact, almost entirely 
composed of organic débris. . ! - : : about 
C. A hard, fine-grained, Oolitic sandy Limestone, of a light brown 
colour, lithologically different from B. It contains many fossil 
shells, which are extracted with difficulty, and passes into a 
hard yellow Oolite with few fossils. : : . from 8 to 
50 0 
10 0 
10 0 
At Wotton-under-Hdge, the lower bed is stated to be 
represented by a yellow, loose, rubbly Oolite, resting on the 
Cephalopoda bed. 
