294 REPORT— 1891. 



Royal Oak, High Lane — 



2 ft. 6 in. X 1 ft X 9 in. ; andesite ; L.D. 

 Threaplinrsfc Lane — 



1 ft. 8 in. X 1 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. 6 in. ; granite ? 



1 ft. 6 in. X 1 ft. 6 in. X 1 ft. 6 in. ; white granite [? Cairnsmore of Fleet]. 



3 ft. X 2 ft. 10 in. X 1 ft. 8 in. ; andesite; L.D. 



Beported hy Mr. J. H. Gkundt. 



Parish of Mottram. — Township and Manor of Stayley, in field on 

 Shaw Moor Farm — 



7 ft. 6 in. x3 ft. 11 in. x — ; subangular ; very irregular in outline; 

 circumference of i^art exposed, 20 ft. 6 in. ; long axis about N.W. and 

 S.E. ; andesite (or felsite), L.D. ; 1,000 ft. O.D. ; is partially covered 

 by peat. 



The stone is mutilated, a portion having been used to mend an adjacent 

 ■wall. Two shot-holes can be seen. 



In lane leading from Shaw Moor Farm to Roe Cross, opposite Round 

 Hill Poultry Farm — 



2 ft. 6 in. X 1 ft. 4 in. X 1 ft. 3 in. ; rounded. 



Matley Township. — Matley Lane, near Wrigley Fold Farm. Counted 

 over thirty boulders here ; varying in size, mostly over 2 ft. long. 



Derbyshire. 

 Reported hy Mr. P. F. Kendall, F.G.8. 



Little Hayfield, corner of road to Park Hall — 



1 ft. 8 in. X 1 ft. 6 in. x 8 in. ; rounded ; moved ; no striations ; grano- 

 phyre, Bnttermere ; 723 ft. 9 in. above O.D. 



1 ft. 6 in. X 1 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. (visible) ; rounded ; moved ; no striations ; 

 granite, Eskdale ; 723 ft. 9 in. above O.D. 



Reported ly Messrs. J. W. Gray, F.G.S., and P. F. Kendall, F.G.S. 



Bugsivorth. — First house on high road E. of railway station — 



2 ft. X 2 ft. X 1 ft. 3 in. ; rounded ; moved; volcanic agglomerate ; L.D. ; 



617 ft. 7 in. above O.D. 



At the same pla.ce two smaller stones, one being Criffel granite and 

 the other a Lake District andesite. 



Grovp. 



Bugsivorth. — Ballast pit opposite signal post at N. end of tunnel on 

 Midland Railway. The deposit is a gravel in which the largest stones 

 do not exceed a 9-inch cube. The bedding is very high, and dips to the 

 S. or S.W. Altitude above O.D., 600 ft. and upward. The 600 ft. 

 contour passes across the floor of the pit. 



