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three miles distant, on the left of the Wells Road, and is in the 

 Corn brash formation. In the fields which separate it from the 

 road British pottery has been found, together with flint "flakes" 

 and " scrapers," good specimens of both of which were picked up by 

 one of the members during their visit. Standing at a convenient 

 spot, where the face of the quarry with its fissures could best be 

 seen, Mr, Moore stated that the quarrymen had reported to him 

 that many hut circles had been destroyed in working back for the 

 stone. This induced him to investigate the matter more closely, 

 and he found that during the last few years 24 at least had 

 perished ; sufficient remains, however, existed to enable him to 

 ascertain that some were 8 ft. in depth and 9 ft. across, with rude 

 steps leading down to them ; they appear to have been of a 

 superior type, round in form, with upper and lower chambers, and 

 cut out of the cornbrash. At the bottom of these pits traces of 

 human occupation have invariably been found A fissure runs 

 through the quarry vertically, 5 or 6 ft. in width, and is filled with 

 a drift deposit, whence Mr. Moore had obtained pellets of iron ore, 

 portions of mammalian bones, teeth, and bones of the arvicola, and, 

 as he thinks, of the lemming also. The members returned to 

 Bath through Wellow and Combe Hay. 



On July 13th an expedition to Tortworth was planned. The 

 train was taken vid Bristol to Charfield. Keeping to the East of 

 the railway, a path was followed by Chai-field Mill, and under the 

 railway arch to Avening Green. The lane leading to the latter 

 village contained abundant evidence that igneous rocks were not 

 far off, as the " metal" was principally composed of trap. 

 Descending the hill to Damory Bridge, the Silurian beds are 

 exposed on the right hand of the road. A large trap quarry was 

 visited on the right before crossing the bridge ; the prevailing 

 colour of the stone is olive green, the outside being much stained 

 with iron ; there was an appearance of bedding in the right hand 

 corner. An unsuccessful hunt was made here for a rare mineral 

 called Prehnite, which is found here. Crossing the bridge a large 

 olive green compact block detained the members some time, and 

 many good Upper Llandovery fossils were extracted, e. g., Orthis, 

 Tentaculites, and two species of Trilobites. The beds seen at the 



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