3i2 adamson: the Yorkshire boulder committee. 



Mr. C. D. Hardcastle, Vice-Chairman of the Yorkshire Boulder 

 Committee, has visited it and thus reports : — 



The so-called ' Fourstones ' boulder forms a prominent feature in 

 the landscape for some distance in every direction. It stands on the 

 open moor, about two miles south of High Bentham, and within 

 a few hundred yards of Fourstones farmhouse, a shooting box 

 belonging to the Fosters, of Hornby Castle. 



The stone is of irregular form, about 10 yds. x6 yds. in extreme 

 length and width, 29 yds. to 30 yds. in circuit, and nearly 4 yds. 

 high. It is a moderately fine sandstone grit, similar to the stone 

 quarried in several places about Bentham. It appears to be in or 

 near its original position, and at first sight gives the impression of 

 having been tilted, weathered grooves, apparently along bedding lines 

 crossing the top at the southern end with an inclination towards the 

 south or south-west, but this perhaps may be from false bedding. 



In composition it is the same as the stone beneath it, as 

 evidenced by an exposed portion in a hollow about 18 yds. distant, 

 generally filled with water. 



The 'Fourstones' is evidently a relic of denudation and there is 

 no probability of its having travelled. 



THE YORKSHIRE BOULDER COMMITTEE 



(As appointed at the last Annual Meeting of the Union, Sheffield, 

 November 1888) consists of the following Members : — 



Prof. L. C. Mi all, F.L.S., F.G.S., Leeds, Chairman. 



C. D. Hardcastle, Leeds, Vice-Chairman. 



J. E. Bedford, F.G.S., Leeds. 



C. Brownridge, F.G.S., Leeds. 



S. Chadwick, F.G.S., Malton. 



Rev. E. Maule Cole, M.A., F.G.S., Wetwang. 



J. W. Davis, F.S.A., F.G.S., Halifax. 



Prof. Green, M.A., F.R.S., Oxford. 



Wm. Gregson, Baldersby. 



B. Holgate, F.G.S., Leeds. 



Wm. Horne, F.G.S., Leybum. 



Jas. Spencer, Halifax. 



T. Tate, F.G.S., Leeds. 



J. W. Woodall, F.G.S., Scarborough. 



Rev. H. W. Crosskey, LL.D., F.G.S., Birmingham (Hon. Member). 



S. A. Adamson, F.G.S., 52, Wellclose Terrace, Leeds, Hon. Sec. 



The Reports of the Committee's work have been given in the 

 following articles in The Naturalist : — 



'The Yorkshire Boulder Committee and its First Year's Work.' — 

 S. A. Adamson, F.G.S. (Nat., Jan. 188S, pp. 17-24). 



' The Yorkshire Boulder Committee and its Second Year's Work.' — 



S. A. Adamson, F.G.S. (Nat. Nov. 1888, pp. 332-348). 



Naturalist, 



