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III. Clypeus-Grit 



IV. 



Upper Coral 

 Bed 



VI. 



? XXII. 



? XXIII. 



XXIV. 



Upper Tri- 

 gonia-Gnt 



Lower Free- 

 stone 

 Pea-Grit 

 Equivalent 



Lower Lime 

 stone 



NiBLEY- Knoll Quarry. 



Thickness in feet ii 



1. Limestone, whitish-grey, with small 



soft pisolite-like spherules, which, 

 falling out, give the rock a pitted 

 nature ; Pleuvomya Goldfussi (Lycett), 

 Syncyclonema demissum (Phillips), 

 Ceromya striata (Sowerby), Serpnla 

 sp., Terebratida globata, auctt. non 

 Sow. , all rare : seen . . . . . . 6 



2. Limestone, rubbly, whitish, and 

 coated with lime ; Terebratida sub- 

 spharotdalis, Upton (along a line at 

 the top), Clypeus Hugi, Agassiz, 

 \Acrosalema pustulata, Forbes], 

 Ctenostreon pectiniforme (Schloth.), 

 Limatula gibbosa (Sow.), Plagiostoma 

 bellulum, (M. & L.), Syncyclonema 

 demissum (PhilUps), Chlamys articii- 

 lata, auctt., Isastrcsa sp. : i to 7 ins. o 



Non-sequence. Dundry Freestone wanting. 



3. Ragstone, very shelly, usual fossils, 



but .icanthothyris spinosa very abun- 

 dant at 4 inches from the base . . i 

 Non-sequence. Beds VII.-XXI. [inclusive) 

 wanting. 



4. Limestone ; top-bed much bored and 



oyster-strewn . . . . • • 13 



5. Rubbly layer ; Belcmnites spp. : o to 6 



inches . . . . . . . . o 



6. Limestone ; Amusium personatum 



(Goldfuss) 10 



7. Rubbly layer ; Belemnites sp. . . . . o 

 • 8. Limestone, more massive; Amusium 



personatum common : seen . . . . 8 



The sequence of the component layers of the Cephalopod- 

 Bed is so essentially the same as at Wotton Hill that it is 

 unnecessary to detail it here. It will be sufficient to draw at- 

 tention to the presence of the newly-recognised Pedicum-Bed, 

 better known to collectors as the " Linseed-Bed." 



Stinchcombe Hill. 



The sections now to be noticed are on that conspicuous 

 promontory, Stinchcombe Hill, and its south-easterly extension, 

 Break-Heart Hill. 



Under the guidance of the writer, both the Geologists' 

 Association and the Cotteswold Club have studied its structure, 

 and reports of the excursions have appeared in the Proceedings 

 of these Societies.' It will be unnecessary, therefore, to do 



I Proc. Geol. .■Vssoc, vol. xx. (1908), pp. 526-529 

 (1909), pp. 212-216 and pis. xviii. and xix. 



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