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oysters. The “Great Oolite” consisted of rough rocks, and 
was very different from the Shelly Oolite of Minchinhampton : 
only one of the shelly beds was found, and that one contained 
only.very small shells and shelly detritus. At the Notgrove 
Station the “ Oolite Marl” and the “ Freestone ” beds appear 
in the section, but these for want of time were not examined. 
The next point on the programme, was the barrow near Not- 
grove, referred to by Mr. Wrrvs at the Annual Meeting of the 
Club. It is a long barrow or chambered tumulus, of the kind 
well known on the Cotteswolds, and agreeing in most of its 
details with those of Uley and Nympsfield. Like them it had 
lost most of the covering stones of the chambers, but more than 
20 of the upright slabs were in place, and were well preserved. 
It was 140 feet long by 78 feet broad, and its greatest height at 
the south-east end from 10 to 12 feet. It had evidently been 
enclosed by a well-built wall, which was well exposed, as also 
the fine dry walling of the central passage. This passage was 
27 feet long (that at Uley is 24,) and varied in width from 4 ft. 
3 in. to 5 feet. One chamber had not been much disturbed, 
and in it were found beneath a flat stone, the remains of two 
skeletons in a crouching posture, some bones and teeth of a 
quadruped (perhaps a deer,) 30 pieces of pottery (very early 
British,) one well-formed flint arrow head, and a curious bead 
of Kimmeridge Shale, already referred to as similar to one 
described by GREENWELL and Rouueston as found at Eyford, in 
this county. 
At Notgrove the party were received by the Rector, the Rev. 
D. F. Vicors, who conducted them over the Church, and 
explained the various points of interest. 
At Bourton the Club was met by Mr. Moors, a gentleman 
distinguished in the neighbourhood as an accomplished anti- 
quary, who led the way to the site of a Roman Villa near the 
Foss-way, close to the entrance to the village. Here Mr. Wirrs 
had men at work who had exposed some of the foundations, 
and on a cross cut being made through one of the walls, their 
search was rewarded by the discovery of a number of Roman 
coins, and a well preserved portion of the base of a column 
