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Sand. — The sand is of the same kind as that which occurs 

 in the district to the north, and in some places contains a 

 considerable amount of gravel. This gravel, however, is much 

 smaller-sized and has a more bleached aspect than that which 

 is met with at the base of the sand-deposit — that represented 

 by the green colour on the map. 



Gravel occurs with the sand in the Tynings outlier on 

 the Shurdington Road, but, as the latter predominates, it 

 was thought advisable to represent the Superficial Deposit 

 here as Sand, and to print the words " sand and gravel " 

 across the tract. The deposit gives rise to a soil very suitable 

 for market-gardening purposes, and the fact has been appreci- 

 ated. The dry site and the availability of water doubtless 

 determined the origin of the hamlet. 



The outlier between the Leckhampton Bridge on the 

 Shurdington Road and Leckhampton Church, is becoming 

 covered with market-gardens. The sand has been worked in 

 the past near " The Vineries." 



Leckhampton village originated on the sand-bed. For- 

 merly there was a sand-pit at (43),' and very good sand has 

 been dug at (44). At (45), in The Park, it is about 8 feet thick. 



A considerable quantity of water occurs in this sand-bed, 

 issuing forth on the south-west side. Some of this water has 

 given rise to the now mostly-drained peaty bog to the north- 

 west of Southend Lodge (see page 136). 



The following details have been recorded concerning the 

 main sand-bed : 



46. The limit of the sand-bed was observed here. 



47. The sand is 2 to 3 feet thick : then clay. 



48. Pure yellow sand was exposed in an excavation to the depth 



of 13 feet without the base being seen. 



49. In an excavation at Newick House 14 feet of sand was observed 



by Mr C. I. Gardiner. 



50. A well sunk at Kilchoman House (50) in November, 1911, proved 



35 feet of sand and then 5 feet of sand and gravel. The man 

 who dug this well stated that his father had told him that in 

 any sinking in this neighbourhood, at 35 feet the sand was 

 penetrated and gravel encountered. [C.I.G.] 



I " Handbook Geol. Cheltenham " (1904), p. 194.. 



