PROCEEDINGS OF THE COTTESWOLD CLUB 9 



similarilv in lithology, been called " Upper Lias," and 

 thought to be contemporaneous with bifrons beds at 

 Frocester Hill, are shown by their fossil contents to have 

 been deposited at a later date — contemporaneously with 

 the over-lying cephalopoda bed of the Cotteswolds, a bed 

 nearly 300 feet above. 



Leaving the roadside section, the members ascended the 

 hill, Mr Buckman pointing out the scenic features made 

 by the Marlstone, and noticing other points of interest 

 shewn bv the Vale of Severn. Higher up he drew 

 attention to a bed about the middle of the Cotteswold 

 Sands yielding "Ammonites bifrons," and recalled the 

 fights this find had occasioned among some Cotteswold 

 geologists in days gone by. 



Arrived at the top of the hill, the geological guide 

 continued his remarks upon the strata as compared with 

 those of other localities. Then he drew the members" 

 attention to the false bedding exhibited, and explained its 

 cause. 



From the top of Frocester Hill the party drove to Uley 

 Bury Camp, the unusual fortifications of which were seen 

 with special interest by those members of the club who 

 had not previously visited Uley. The possible date of the 

 camp was the subject of some discussion. That it was 

 occupied by the Romans is beyond question : it was one 

 of the long series by which they strengthened the 

 "scientific frontier" of the Cotteswold escarpment in 

 coping with the Silures. But it probably is of much 

 earlier than Roman date. In some of its features, Mr 

 John Sawyer pointed out, it resembles the admittedly 

 British Camp on the Malvern Hills; while the occurrence 

 within it of numbers of worked flints, and without of 

 long and round barrows are also evidence that it was 

 constructed in pre-Roman times, possibly by the early 

 Celts. 



