300 adamson: the Yorkshire boulder committee. 



29. At the east end of the village of Thornton-le-Clay is a 

 boulder on the road-side. 1 ft. 8 in. x 1 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. out of ground ; 

 •sub-angular ; long-shaped ; no striae now visible (it having been used 

 for years as a mounting-block) ; Mountain Limestone ; about 250 ft. 

 above sea-level ; is the boundary-stone between Thornton-le-Clay 

 and Foston, and has been, according to tradition, the scene of many 

 disputes between the inhabitants of the two villages. 



Note. — The country around is slightly undulating. Thornton- 

 le-Clay is built upon a fiat broad ridge of Boulder Clay. 



Staxton, near Scarborough. 



30. In the centre of the village of Staxton (parish of Willerby), 

 is a boulder'close to the horse-trough. It is 1 ft. 10 in. x 1 ft. 2 in. 



x 1 ft. 5 in. ; sub-angular ; has been moved ; no strise or groovings ; 

 Carboniferous Sandstone ; it is said to be one of the many blocks 

 which were carted from the adjoining fields a generation or two ago 

 for road repairs, corner-posts, cheese-presses, etc. ; it rests upon 

 mixed gravels, 150 ft. above sea-level. 



31. At the junction of two roads in the village of Staxton is a 

 boulder on the estate of Mr. Rivis. It is 2 ft. x 2 ft. x 1 ft. out of 

 the ground ; rounded ; has been moved ; no strise or groovings ; 

 dark blue whinstone ; about 120 ft. above sea-level; was originally 

 brought from one of the numerous hillocks in the Carrs below, 

 which are composed of Boulder Clay, sand and gravel. 



Note. — Staxton village is about three miles south of Seamer 

 Railway Station, near Scarborough, and is built upon the Chalk 

 rubble or talus, from the Wolds, which form a commanding range 

 above the village. 



Flixton, near Filey. 



32. In the village of Flixton (Parish of Folkton) about six miles 

 N.W. of Filey, is a boulder forming a corner-stone in the garden of 

 Mr. Coxworth, on the estate of Mr. Wilson, of Malton. It is 

 2 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. xo in. x 11 in. ; in shape a rounded oblong; has 

 been moved ; no striae or groovings ; Carboniferous Sandstone ; about 

 150 ft. above sea-level ; the sub-soil is sand mixed with chert. 



^t,. Group. — In the village of Flixton the following boulders 

 form a protection around the spring head. This spring is one of 

 the numerous ones flowing from the Lower Chalk in this vicinity. 



1 ft. 1 1 in. x 1 ft. 4 in. x 1 ft. 1 in. Coarse dark brown Sandstone. 



2 ft. 3 in. x 1 ft. 10 in. x 1 1 in. Fine-grained, light red Sandstone. 

 1 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. Mountain Limestone. 



1 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. 1 in. x 6 in. Hard Sandstone. 



Naturalist, 



