ii. THE MALVERN HILLS. 11 



the least conspicuous ridge, that of Shotover, being a series of 

 insulated summits which have escaped the denudation by watery 

 agency everywhere traceable over all this region. The highest 

 points in each range are noted, and the heights are given according 

 to the latest information, kindly furnished by the Director of the 

 Ordnance Trigonometrical Survey. 



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Vale of Kennet and Thames 



Malvern Hills. Taking these alternating hills and vales in order, 

 and beginning from the west, we perceive the Malvern Hills to 

 be marked by abrupt elevation on a line directed from north to 

 south. This is a line of fault. On the west are metamorphic 

 strata, and felspathic and hornblendic rocks of considerable variety, 



MS C T Sh D K 



Diagram III. M. The Malvern ridge ; its highest point the Worcester Beacon, 

 1396 feet. S. Vale of Severn and Avon. C. Cotswold range; its highest 



point, the detached hill of Cleeve, 1084 feet. T. Vale of Upper Thames and Ray. 

 Sh. Shotover range ; the highest point at Muswell Hill, near Brill, 649 feet. 

 O. Vale of Thame and Ock. D. The Downs ; highest point of Maryborough 



Downs, 887 feet. K. Vale of Kennet and Thames. 



