200 Mr. Farcy's Account of the Rivers 



and between w'nich the Excavation is very narrow, and the 

 Eocks precipitous ; and so it continues, with a few local 

 exceptions, tor near 3 m.. the Dove running, in tireat part 

 of this distance, upon lower Strata in this inmKiise 4lh 

 Lime Rock, and in the general Series, than are perhaps any 

 where else visible in the British Islands. For about -i- m., 

 after crossing the great Limestone Fault again, near VVolf- 

 scote Hall (see p. 286), the Excavation is partly in Shale 

 on the \V, and partlv in 4th Lime on the E, when again 

 ctossing the Fault, the Excavation passes again through the 

 4lh Limestone for about 4- m. forniina Berpsiord Dale (see 

 page fl4), and finally crossing the Fault at the north end of 

 this Dale, its further course for several iniles is in the Lime- 

 stone Shale, often skirting close to the great Fault and 4th 

 Lime Kock, till crossinji the Buxton and Leek Road (about 

 ^ m. N of what is usually called Dove-head, at the bounds 

 of Derbyshire), it soon alter enters the 1st Grit Rock, which 

 it cuts through between the great and middle Axe-edge 

 Hills (see p. 17) ; the Dove taking its rise in the i;og upon 

 the 1st Grit and 1st Coal-shale, near Thatch marsh Col- 

 liery. 



The Schoo River falls into the Dove about \ vi. below 

 Hanging- Bridge in Ashburne Parish, probably on Coal- 

 measures covered by Gravel (see page 159), and is exca- 

 vated therein till near the Church at Ashburne, when the 

 great Derbyshire Fault above referred to, is crossed obliquely, 

 and iheExcavation continues in Li inestoneShale, and through 

 Shale Limestone therein at Agnes-meadow and thence to 

 Atlow, and proceeds again through Limestone Shale, to its 

 source at Stainborough near Hopton ; near to the great 

 Limestone Fault, which a drv branch of this River's Exca- 

 vations crosses (page 283), and proceeds some distance in 

 the 3rd Toadstone ami 4lh Lime, NW of Hopton. 



The Dane is a River in the Western Drainage of the 

 Island, which having its source in the County ot Derby, 

 passe< Congleton, unites with the Weaver, and falls into 

 the Mersey. At Congleton in Cheshire, the Excavation 

 for this River is in Red Marl, which continues to some di- 

 stance above Northrode, where the continuation of the 

 great Derbyshire Fault* crosses the Dane (see page 146): 

 the Excavation then probably crosses a corner of the upper 

 Coal Series, but soon crosses another great Fault, and en- 

 ters the Limestone Shale, which and the Shale Grit-stone 

 in if, it pursues till about I fH'- above Dane Bridge in Win- 



• [ See page 30, and plate I. in my present volume. — Editor.] 



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