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we may refer certain beds mentioned by the officers of the 

 Geological Survey occurring near Beechmount as belonging 

 to this subdivision. 



Sections in the Bunter sandstone are to be seen in many 

 localities near Belfast ; notably, along the Shore Road, 

 ripple-marked sandstones occur at the brickworks (Skegoniel 

 Avenue) and at Fortwilliam Park ; on the shore at White- 

 house and Macedon, in the County Antrim ; while in the 

 County Down a fine section may be seen at the now 

 disused quarry near Dundonald. 



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SCRAHO HILL NORTH QUARRY. 



The beds consist of soft bright red and yellow variegated 

 sandstones, sometimes false bedded. These beds merge 

 insensibly into beds of very similar character that have been 

 referred to as belonging to the Keuper series of sand- 

 stones, red, white, and purplish, without any intermediate 

 basement conglomerate. 



Keuper. — The Keuper Sandstone is admirably ex- 

 posed in the quarries on the sides of Scrabo Hill, near 



