254 PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 1903 
PART II.—Section at Denny Hill, Minsterworth 
The object of this communication is to describe an 
important section near Gloucester, which was not noticed 
in my previous paper.’ The exact position of this section 
is in the steep bank on the eastern flank of Denny Hill, 
above the Gloucester and Newnham road. 
SECTION AT DENNY HILL, MINSTERWORTH. 
Ft. Ins. 
6 SHALES, brownish-black, imperfectly laminated 
7 LIMESTONE, greenish-brown, somewhat earthy ; 
Pecten valoniensis, Aviciula contorta, shell 
15 SANDSTONE, (Bone- -bed) ; highly pyritic; coarse- 
grained in places, small quartz pebbles ; ‘Acrodus 
minimus, Gyrolepis Alberti, teeth of Corrolepis? 
and Saurichthys acuminatus ... : ". O-I 
iS 
N 
a) debris, fish scales . yy 
S 8 SHALES, black, imperfectly. laminated, with sand- 
2 stone layers near base... ro 
8 
I 9 SHALES, black, thinly laminated, “constitute con- 
8 spicuous feature... ES Pre fe 
& | 10 SHALES, black, coarsely laminated .. : me 
oh II SANDSTONE, yellowish-white, micaceous, ‘calcare- 
a ous; layer intermittent ... o% 
g 12 SHALES, black ; lower 4 ins. earthy ; upper 7 ins. 
N clayey ; Schizodus Ewaldi. Selenite eo 
5 13. SANDSTONE, very pyritic; Acrodus minimus, 
S Gyrolepis Alberti, Saurichthys acuminatus. 
i: (4"—-1%") Selenite on surface at I 
a 14 SHALES, black, clayey, with thin vie sandstone 
iam) _ 
Z layers (6”—10") .. 8 
o 
2 
fo) 
4 
whitish), angular fracture; hard zone 6” to 8” 
thick near top 
Red Marls seen in road ascending the hill to the 
cottage ef 
| I. ‘*Tea-green Marls.” Greenish-grey marls (weather 
It will be noticed that what I have considered the true 
Bone-bed rests directly upon the “Tea-green Marls.” 
This Bone-bed—which is intermittent—is almost identical 
t Proc. Cotteswold Club, Vol. xiv., p. 167. 
