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ON THE ERRATIC BLOCKS OF ENGLAND, WALES, AND IRELAND. 141 
12 in, to 24 in. Thoroughly rounded at every angle. Many unsuccessful 
attempts have been made to remove this stone, for, standing in the midst 
of a field, it is an obstruction to agricultural operations. Ata depth of 
4 ft. it is said to spread out to a much greater thickness. Jt also is a 
Llandovery grit, and its parent rock is in the Rhayader district, though 
it is commonly believed to have travelled from a different direction ; for 
the popular legend says the devil threw it from the Graig Don rocks, 
near Knighton, at Beguildy church, and as a proof the marks of his hand 
are still pointed out upon it. One of these marks is a bowl-like depression 
on its upper surface 12 in. diameter and 5 in. deep. 
Leicestershire-—Mr. J. Plant*continues his reports upon the Leicester- 
shire groups of boulders :— 
A. IsouatEeD BouLpErs. 
Hallaton, near Uppingham, Leicestershire, south-east—On the roadside 
at Hare Pie Bank is a large erratic block, 7 ft. x 6 ft. x 3 ft. Fine strie 
cover the upper surface. The block is said to have been moved some 
twenty yards, from an adjoining field, some fifty years ago. It was found 
lying in the upper boulder clay, which is very thick over this district (in 
some places over 80 ft. deep), and contains boulders of all sizes, including 
very large flints. Many of the boulders are covered with scratches. 
Height above the sea between 500 and 550 ft. 
The erratic looks like a calcareous sandstone of the marlstone rock, 
which is found below the drift in the immediate neighbourhood. No 
outcrop of this rock occurs in the neighbourhood nearer than Tilton, 
some six miles to the north-west.! 
Numbers of erratics, but of smaller dimensions, are found in the 
village itself, forming the foundations of old farm-houses, walls, &c. 
Many of these are millstone grit, mountain limestone, and sandstone from 
the coal measures. 
Road from Loughborough to Ashby, Leicestershire—A large erratic, 
size 3 ft. x 3 ft. x 2 ft.; not known to have been moved. It is of mill- 
stone grit, and must have come at least thirty miles’ distance from the 
north. No striz are visible. Height above the sea, abont 250 feet. 
B. Groups or Bounpers. 
Saze-Coburg Street, Leicester— Two more large boulders have been . 
uncovered here in excavating for the foundations of houses; size, each 
about 3 ft. x 2 ft.6in. x 1 ft. 10in. They are of Mount Sorrel granite, 
distant about seven miles north. They are rounded and subangular. 
No striw seen. They were found lying about 6 ft. deep in the boulder 
clay. Height above sea, about 260 ft. 
? A curious annual custom is observed at Hare Pie Bank, which may be connected 
with the boundary of the parish. A large meat pie is made, and is placed, with a 
wooden bottle, in a large hole, in the presence of representatives from certain 
villages. The meat pie is distributed, but a struggle takes place for possession of 
the wooden bottle with the representatives from the adjoining villages. This confers 
upon the village obtaining possession of the bottle certain privileges for the year. 
Whether this remarkable ceremony has any connection with the large erratic as 
marking the boundary could not be ascertained. 
