134 GEOLOGY OF THE EAST CLIFF. 



of pale blue almost white sometimes 

 and grey sandy clays. These seem to stand 

 out in contrast to the pale buff Ashdown Sand 

 rock above, and to the Wadhurst Clays above 

 them, and mark distinctly the junction with 

 the Ashdown Sands. At the East Groyne 

 this line lies about 12 feet or 14 feet above 

 the Groyne, and about 30 feet from the foot 

 of Cliff. East of the Slip, underneath the 

 Coastguard flag-staff on the East Hill, (a 

 point called by the quarrymen " Foulness," or 

 Fowlness ") the beds are brought down by a 

 "fault" some 30 or 40 feet, but they gradually 

 rise again eastward by an upheaval. 



Besides the pale sandy clays, there are 

 sand rock (generally pale), ironstone, and 

 iron-clay-stone, but no "blue-stone," as in the 

 beds above. 



Plant remains are found plentifully 

 scattered throughout these beds, chiefly in the 

 form of lignite, but well-preserved leaves are 

 only found in beds of limited extent and 

 thickness, and are of rare occurrence. 



