218 REPORT — 1903. 



Regd. 

 No. 



Kerry.— PAoto^rmyteo^iy Professor S. H. Reynolds, M.A., F.G.S., 



University College, Bristol. 1/4. 



3723 (51) W. of Dunquin, Dingle . Points formed by relatively hard beds. 



1900. 



3724 (52) Sight Point, Dingle . Highly inclined Smerwick Beds. ] 900. 



3725 (53) „ „ . . Rugged Old Red Sandstone. 



3726 (54) E. side of Smerwick Har- Clitf on Boulder-clay. 



bour. 



LovTK.— Photographed by Professor S. H. Reynolds, M.A., F.G.S., 

 University College, Bristol. 1/4. 



3727 ( ) Greenore 



3728 ( ) „ 



3729 ( ) 



3730 ( ) „ 



3731 ( ) Barnavave, 



3732 ( ) 



. Basalt Sills in Carboniferous Limestone. 

 1902. 



. Basalt Sills in Carboniferous Limestone. 

 1902. 



. Basalt Sills in Carboniferous Limestone. 

 1902. 



. Basalt Sills with included Gabbro frag- 

 ments. 1902. 

 Carlingford . Granophyre network in Gabbro. 1902. 



3733 ( ) „ „ . Banded Gabbro. 



Ustuarine Deposits at Kirmington, Lincolnshire. — Preliminary Report 

 of the Committee, consisting of Mr. G. W. Lamplugh {Chairman), 

 Mr. J. W. Stather {Secretary), Mr. F. W. Harmer, Mr. P. F. 

 Kendall, Mr. Clement Reid, and Mr. Thomas Sheppard, 

 appointed to investigate the Ilstuarine deposits at Kirmington, 

 Lincolnshire, and to consider its position with regard to the Glacial 

 Deposits. {Drawn up by the Secretary.) 



Your Committee report that, as a favourable opportunity presented itself 

 during the summer, preliminary operations were undertaken to investigate 

 the beds underlying the estuarine deposit, by means of boring, and the 

 results obtained are of such general interest that it is proposed to continue 

 the work, and to apply for a grant of 251. to enable this to be done. 



While it would be premature at present to enter into a detailed 

 account of the investigation, it may be advisable to state briefly the 

 problems which are involved, and the results already obtained. Attention 

 was first called to the fossiliferous nature of the deposit by Messrs. Wood 

 and Rome on the ' Glacial and Post-glacial Structure of Lincolnshire and 

 South-east Yorkshire,' in which they refer to it 'as a portion of the 

 Hessle clay formation.' Mr. C. Reid gives a fuller account of the bed 

 in his ' Survey Memoir on the Geology of Holderness ' (p. 58), stating 

 that though the sand underlying the warp probably rested directly on 

 the chalk, the deposit was an estuarine clay of interglacial age. Mr. G. W. 

 Lamplugh some time later made passing reference to the Kirmington 

 section, and suggested that the bed was probably older than any of the 

 Yorkshire glacial deposits. 



The warp, which is well exposed in a brickyard, is situated on a low 

 hill about 80 feet above sea-level. The upper portion has yielded a few 

 species of estuarine shells, but, as our recent investigations have shown, 

 fresh-water shells occur in a peaty bed at its base. It is proposed to 

 investigate the fauna and flora of this bed very carefully. 



