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GEOLOGY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT, 



WooTTON. Close to Brannon's Cottage. Height about 170 feet above 



the sea. 



From notes made during the excavation. 



Thickness. Dfpth 



Middle and 



Lower (?) 



Hamstead 



Beds. 



Ft. In. 



Red and green clay - - 10 



Sand - - - - 4 



Green clay - - - 10 



<( Concretionary sandstone - - 8 



I Hard blue and green loamy clay - 20 



I Ironstone with casts of Limncea - 4 



[_Harder green and purple clay - 12 



Ft. In. 



10 



14 



24 



24 8 



44 8 



45 

 57 



"WooTTON. At Beech, 



Thickness, 



Middle j" Clay 

 Hamstead < Sand . - - 



Beds. iClay 



The bed of sand corresponds with the one seen at Brannon's Cottage, and 

 in the cutting above the Station. 



Ft. 



36 

 5 

 3 



In. 





 

 



Depth. 



Ft. 

 36 

 41 



44 



In. 





 

 



Wootton. At Whitehayes. 

 From notes made during the excavation. 



Thickness. 



f Yellow clay - . - 



Middle | Blue clay - - - - 



Hamstead <( Red clay - - - - 



Beds. I Blue and yellow clay with turtle 



[_ bones - - - - 



Ft. In. 



10 



3 



1 6 



3 6 



Depth. 



Ft, In, 



10 



13 



14 6 



18 



This well was still unfinished at the time of the completion of the Survey. 



