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The puzzle in this case is not anything remarkable in 
the stone itself, but in finding it in the position it occupies. It 
adds to the difficulty always felt by the student of these 
formations, in assigning a particular bed of Oolitic shelly 
limestone, blue in colour, to its proper stratigraphical position, 
since some such beds are undoubtedly in the Great Oolite 
proper, though they closely resemble the higher formation. 
There are two small and shallow sections on the north of 
the Stow Road which give— 
FIRST.—NORTH STOW ROAD CUTTING, 
Brashy Oolitic rubble, full of fossils (casts of Lamellibranchs,) 
with thin marly partings nee Fe es Bbc ... Sft. to 6 ft. 
SECOND.—NORTH STOW ROAD CUTTING, 
ft. ins. 
White Oolitic rubble, with their marly partings above sas sie? apane 
Compact hard Oolite, with irregular cavities (to bottom) all 
dipping from N. to 8S. at about 5° Sec ae of Ses), 
FOLLY BARN CUTTING, 
1. Rubbly Oolite iat wae a 3 ads ea a an OO 
2. Friable marl a aes aie wi a ag sce. | Su 
3. Compact white Oolite  ... , 1 Paes 
4, Friable Oolite (marly), full of Fossils, anigy casts of ‘Tae. 
branchs . nee a on aa 3 (OO 
5. Hard brown Sanne bed 5 bottom ot 00 sour e 0 -4 0 
Further on, the friable marly bed No. 3, is divided into 
two separate bands by a parting of hard Oolitic freestone, so 
that another section gives— 
ft. ins. 
Rubble... “0 50 $0: ia a Ses <i) SaeeO 
Marl 5: 2 O 
Greyish white sae Oolite wae 4°28 
Marl full of brachiopoda and Lima and anes amatnueieene 2, 0 
Highly compact granular stone, with occasional cavities in the 
upper layers about one foot in depth. ... aa ta lt Se 
