VOL. XVII. (i) NOTES ON A WHITE LIAS SECTION 45 



NOTES ON A WHITE LIAS SECTION AT SALTFORD. 

 NEAR BATH 



BY THE 

 Rev. H. H. WINWOOD, M.A., F.G.S. 

 [Plate XIIL] 

 (Read December 14th, 1909) 



During some alterations in 1909 for the extension of the 

 sidings at the Saltford Station, between Bath and Bristol (on 

 the Great Western Railway), a section of the whole Rhsetic 

 subdivision known as the White Lias was exposed on the left 

 or south-west side of the line. As good exposures of this sub- 

 "division are rarely seen in the quarries of the district, I made 

 several visits during the progress of the work, and measured 

 the beds as they were gradually opened up. Since then, 

 as walling of Pennant Sandstone has entirely concealed the 

 section, the following notes may be a useful record. 



The existence of White-Lias beds on the portion of 

 the line between Saltford and the tunnel was well-known 

 to WilHam Saunders and Charles Moore, both of whom alluded 

 to the sections. Indeed, until lately, the Sun-Bed (or top-bed 

 of the White Lias) could be plainly seen on the lower part 

 of the right bank as the train sped along to Bristol. After the 

 section of White Lias -on the Bath and Mangotsfield Railway, 

 near the Weston Station, described by myself (Proceedings 

 Bath Nat. Hist, and Antiq. F. C, 1871), and a smaller one at 

 Kelston, on the same Railway, the one recently exposed at 

 Saltford is the most important in this district. 



