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Freestone, and Oolite Marl are seen almost on the same level, 
150 yards below the escarpment, where the Ragstones are in situ, 
and 50 vertically below their proper position. The road from 
Selsley Church to Stanley End passes along the foot of the 
common, and there are several small quarries on the side of the 
road. In one of them there was recently some Lower Lime- 
stone, which had slipped down from its proper position, and the 
the appearance of one of the beds was rather striking. It 
consisted of a number of thin layers of fine white sediment, 
alternating with layers of coarse brown grit. In a thickness 
of three inches I counted 30 of these layers. They converged 
towards a point like a wedge, and just below, in the same bed, 
was another series of similar layers, converging towards a point 
in the opposite direction, but separated from the other series 
by a thin stratum, on which were several small brown ridges, 
with white Oolite filling the spaces between them. These de- 
posits appear to indicate variable currents in very shallow water, 
with occasional denudation, as shown by the small brown ridges. 
In the Lower Limestone quarry, a short distance above the 
road, (No. 5 in the Section) the same peculiar structure may 
be observed in the lowest bed, although the layers are much 
thicker, and their colour does not offer so strong a contrast. 
In this quarry, and in No. 4 adjoining, the Lower Limestone 
is exposed to the thickness of 20 feet, but there is a marked 
difference between the upper 10 feet and the lower part, the 
upper beds being more ferruginous and rubbly; the junction 
between the upper and lower divisions is clearly shown. The 
ferruginous appearance of these beds in the lower Limestone is 
exceptional, as the beds are usually white. The small Lime- 
stone quarry, No. 6 (the lime-kiln quarry) is interesting from 
the circumstance that it contains a pebble bed, or rather two 
beds, three feet thick. They are seen near the top of the 
Section. The pebbles are usually flat, with rounded edges; 
they are formed of small white Oolitic granules, and are 
embedded in a brown coarse paste, not Oolitic. There is no 
doubt as to their being true pebble beds; the pebbles are 
in shape exactly like those we see upon the sea-beach. The 
