CHAPTER VIII. 



FROM COHPTON BAY TO ATHERFIELD POINT — ATHERFIELD CLIFFS — 

 GREENSAND SERIES — NEOCOMIAN OR ATHERFIELD STRATA GREEN- 

 SAND FOSSILS — CLIFFS AT BLACKGANG CHINE — THE UNDERCLIFF 



— GI-OLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF THE UNDERCLIFF FOSSILS OF THE 



FIRESTONE — SOUTHERN RANGE OF CHALK DOWNS COAST OF THE 



UNDERCLIFF — FROM VENTNOR TO SANDOWN BAT. 



From Compton Bay to Atherfield Point. — 

 The road from Compton Chine to the coast-guard 

 station at Atherfield Point, runs along the southern 

 flank of Shalcomb and Mottestone Downs. As 

 we pass Brook Manor-house the ferruginous beds 

 of greensand may be traced in the banks on the 

 road-side ; and Brook church is seen standing 

 high up the hill on a terrace of those deposits. 

 The relative positions of the strata in this district 

 are displayed in the cuttings on the sides of the 

 road from Shalcomb Down through the village of 

 Brook to the sea-shore ; as shown in lign. 18. 

 If we proceed from the coast at Brook Chine 

 through the village, and ascend the road by the 

 church, and over Shalcomb Down, we pass in suc- 

 cession, 1, the Wealden ; 2, the Greensand ; 3, the 



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