ON THE ERRATIC BLOCKS OF ENGLAND, WALES, AND IRELAND. 27U 



grey sandstone or grit. [? L. Silurian of Lake District or Galloway. — 



P- F. K.] , . , 



Tontine Street, Central Ward. 1 ft. 4 in. X 10 m. X 7 m. ; angular ; 

 scratched obscurely on the top side, which is flat; grey granite. [Gallo- 

 way.— P. F. K.] 



Water Street, Central Ward. 2 ft. X 1 ft. 10 m. X — ; water-worn ; 

 grey granite. 



Oxford Street, South Windle Ward. 7 ft. x 2 ft. x — ; lying at 

 present north and south, widest end north; andesite, L.D.' ; 160 ft. O.D. ; 

 ? if it has been moved by man. 



Norman's Road, Sutton. 3 ft. X 2 ft. X 1 ft. ; long axis north and 

 south ; water-worn ; red granite [? Eskdale] ; embedded in boulder clay 

 at about 12 ft, deep. 



Group. 



St. Helen's, between Vincent Street and Charles Street, Hardshaw 

 Ward. — This group consists of red granite and blue (trap) rock varying 

 in size from 3 in. diam., egg-shaped, to about 27 in. diam. and 10 in. to 

 20 in. deep. They occur in the space of every 20 yards square, in 

 about equal proportions as to rock ; if anything the blue predominates. 

 But few show scratches and all are water- worn [? rounded]. [The 

 specimens, eleven in number, accompanying this report comprised the 

 following : — 



Andesites (L.D.) 6 



Buttermere granophj'ie . . 1 



Eskdale granite ? 1 



Galloway granites 3 



II 



—P. P. K.] 



The following list was of the larger sizes taken at random : — 



(a) 2 ft. 3 in. X 2 ft. 3 in. x 1 ft. 8 in. ; angular ; flat on top ; red granite. 



(ft) 1 ft. 8 in. X 1 ft. 9 in. x 10 in. ; angular ; fiat on top ; well-defined scratches, 



though not deep ; blue [? andesite]. 

 (c) 1 ft. 8 in. X 1 ft. 8 in. X 9 in. ; angular ; blue [? andesite]. 

 {d) 2 ft. 11 in. X 3 ft. X — ; angular ; blue [? andesite] ; in situ, 

 (e) 2 ft. X 1 ft. 6 in. x 9 in. ; angular ; blue [? andesite]. 



These cover an area of about an acre. The smaller sizes are given 

 as about 50 cartloads to about 70-100 square yards superficial. 



(/) Tliree boulders, each about 1 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. 2 in. x 8 in. ; angular; red 



granite. 

 ig) 2 ft. 1 in. X 1 ft. C in. x 1 ft. ; angular ; coarse-grained grey granite 



[? Galloway]. 

 (70 Three others of like size, but not accessible. 



Reported by Mr. S. S. Platt, Assoc.Mem.Inst.O.E. 

 All the following are from the neighbourhood of Rochdale : — 

 Facit.— At top of incline in H. Heys & Co.'s quarry — 



(1) 2 ft. 10 in. X 1 ft. 10 in. x 2 ft. ; subangular ; striated at top ; granophyre, 



Buttermere. 



(2) 1 ft. 2 in. X 1 ft. X 10 in. ; rounded ; weathered. 



' L.D. = Lake District. 



