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YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS AT ASKERN. 



Members of sixteen societies joined in the excursion to Askern, 

 Sutton Common and Shirley Pool on Thursday, July ilth. 

 Excellent local arrangements had been made by Mr. H. H. 

 Corbett for the general body of naturalists, who were conducted 

 over the boggy labyrinth of Sutton Common and the adjoining 

 woods. Askern is being rapidly .transformed from a quiet 

 country spa to a busy mining town, and the huge pit heaps 



Photo by] 



Shirley Pool. 



[H. G. Brierley. 



have permanently altered its general aspect. In these, how- 

 ever, the geologists, who were accompanied by Mr. H. Culpin 

 and Mr. J. W. Stather, found much interesting material for 

 study. Mr. J. Humble kindly gave permission to visit the 

 collieries, and Mr. W. A. Wallis granted a similar privilege 

 to examine the clay pits. 



Members of the other sections were met on Sutton Common 

 by Major C. Anne, of Burgwallis, who very kindly had three 

 trenches cut through portions of the Neolithic earthworks on 

 his estate. He also exhibited a number of interesting remains 

 found during the excavations, including flints, fragments of 

 pottery, sling stones and wooden piles. One of the trenches 

 showed a considerable length of rough walling. 



At Shirley Pool a boat was placed at the disposal of the 



1912 Aug. 1. 



