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fragments of species of Venus, Astarte, Donax, and other genera 

 in too imperfect a state to be identified.' 



Lloyd mentions " marine shells" at Powick. near Wor- 

 cester, 80 feet above O.D. and 55 above the river. ^ 



The same species as those enumerated are found in the 

 gravels bordering the Severn as far north as Shrewsbury.^ 



Most of the shells mentioned may be in or near the places 

 in which they lived during or after the Glacial Epoch, since a 

 submergence of 150 feet would provide the necessary conditions 

 as far as Worcester, which was within the reach of high tides 

 until the construction of weirs in the last century.* 



The principal records of the discovery of mammalian 

 remains in the Severn Valley are as follows : — ^ 



Mr. Charles Upton states that the reindeer antler found by 

 him at Stanley Downton bore, the marks of blows inflicted by 

 a blunt-edged weapon at the hands of man.^ 



1 Silurian System, pp. 532-4- 



2 Q.J.G.S., vol. xxvi., p. 220. . „ . , .. 



3 C/. Dr. C. Callaway, Proc. C.N.F.C, voi. xiv., p. i86 ; Lister, Q.J.G.S;, vol. xlvu., 1862, 

 pp. 159-62 ; Lloyd, Q.J.G.S., vol. xxvi., 1870, pp. 220-1. 



On a supposed marine submergence of the Severn Valley see H. E. Strickland, Memoirs 



^ ^'^Murchison.^Silunan System, pp. 532. etc., and Dr. C. Callaway, Proc. Cott. N.F.C., vol. xiv., 



^^' \ Huti Q I G S. vol. xi., 1855, pp. 489-91. Strickland, Memoirs by Jardine, 1858, pp. 90-110, 

 iiO-2. Ma'w Q.J.G.S., vol. xx., p. 130. Lucy, Proc. Cott. N.F.C., vol. v., 1869, pp. 121-3, vui., 

 p 94 Lloyd Q J G.S.,vol. xxvi., pp. 216-7- Lobley, Proc. Geologists' Assocn., vol. m., No. 6, 1873, 

 p.' 6. Symond's, Severn Straits, 1883, pp. 30-6, 60-1. Lees, Pictures of Nature around Malvern, 

 1856, p. 53. 



6 Proc. Cotts. N.F.C., vol. xii., p. 7, and vol. xvu., 1910, pp. 51-2. 



