VOL. XIV. (2) RHATIC ROCKS I5I 
Bed 5b occupies the stratigraphical position of the similarly 
numbered bed at Wainlode, and is fossiliferous, though 
the shells are fragmentary. 
The Geological Survey map (Sheet 44), shows a con- 
siderable area of Rheetic strata to the east of Bushley Park 
Farm. The farm itself is thereon shown to be situated on 
the Lower Lias, the limits of which are delineated as 
doubtful. In the escarpment below the cottages and 
overlooking the Severn, I procured from strata 2 seu, 
coloured as Rhetic on the Geological Survey map, a 
portion of Schlotheimia angulata, Ostrea lassica, and 
Modiola minima. The dip of the strata (about 10° 
E.S.E.), combined with the contouring of the ground, 
would lead one to anticipate such a result. 
Two-and-a-half miles north of the Bushley section is 
Brockeridge Common. The quarries at this place are 
now overgrown, but Brodie has given some details. The 
“ Cypris” or Estheria-bed is present in this area, for 
Brodie wrote: “Near Ripple, about a mile-and-a-half west 
of Brockeridge, I observed the same band of yellow lime- 
stone containing plants (Naiadita) and Cypris, identical 
with that at Wainlode and Westbury. It occurs zz set 
on each side of the lane leading to the village, and has in 
all probability been brought up by a fault which runs in 
this direction.’? This section, however, I have been 
unable to find. 
The “Insect-limestone” was found at the base of the 
Brockeridge quarries, and contained fossils similar to its 
equivalent at Wainlode.* 
The junction of the Rhetic and Upper Keuper strata is 
marked by a very distinct escarpment, which commences 
at Brockeridge Common, and runs thence northwards. 
1 “Fossil Insects,” p. 69. 2 bid. p. 68. 
