XVIII. — A Glance at the Geology of Low Fur- 

 ness, Lancashire. By E. W. Binney, Esq. 



(Read December 28th, 1847 ) 



The country which is intended to be described 

 in this paper is the peninsula lying between the 

 mouths of the Leven and Duddon, bounded on 

 the north by a line from Ireleth to Ulverstone, 

 and on the south by Morcambe bay : it is known 

 by the name of Low Furness. The southern 

 part of the district consists of gentle slopes, and 

 hills of moderate elevation, but as you proceed 

 north the land attains a greater altitude. It is 

 traversed by a series of valleys, running nearly 

 north and south, parallel to the estuaries of the 

 Leven and the Duddon. 



The low land skirting Morecambe bay, nearly 

 all the distance from Aldingham to Barrow Head, 

 shows evident signs of encroachments of the sea 

 on the land. Mr. West, in his Antiquities of 



