556 RECENT. 



names, the evidence of their former maritime position.' Near Middlezoy the sands 

 are occasionally dug by the road-side, and afterwards the holes are filled up with 

 Red Marl. 



The Formby and Leasowe Marine beds, described by Mr. T. Mellard Reade, 

 occur in the neighbourhood of Formby and Hightown, between Liverpool and. 

 Southport. They consist of marine silt, etc., and underlie the Superior Peat and 

 Forest Bed in south-west Lancashire.- The Preesall Shingle, of Preesall Hill, 

 east of Fleetwood, has been described by Mr. De Ranee as an old l^each ; it 

 contains recent marine shells, and has been worked for gravel.^ (See p. 524.) 



^ Buckland and Conybeare, T. G. S. (2), i. 309. 



^ Proc. Liverpool G. S. 1871-72, 1881-82. 



^ Superficial Geol. S. W. Lancashire, p. 61, G. Mag. 1883, p. 506. 



