ON THE ERRATIC BLOCKS OF ENGLAND, WALES, AND IRELAND. 295 



Analijsis of Stones. 



The stones consist of about 98 per cent, or upward of the local mill- 

 stone grit, inclusive perhaps of a small proportion of Coal-measure sand- 

 stone. Of the remaining 2 per cent., shales of local origin form part; 

 and of undoubted foreigners there were: — 



Borroivdale Series of LaJie District. — Agglomerate, rhyolite, andesite, 

 and vein-quartz. 



Granites. — Butterraere, Eskdale, and Rig o' Burnfoot (or some other 

 Galloway granite), flint, quartzite from Triassic Pebble Beds (F2), 

 Carboniferous limestone, chert, ochre, gannister. 



Staffordshire. 

 Beported by Mr. Fred Barke, of Stohe-upon-Trent. 

 Madeley, Staif. In vicar's garden, Newcastle-under-Lyme — 



4 ft. X 2 ft G in. x 2 ft. 6 in. ; angular ; ' trap.' 

 3 ft. X 2 ft 9 in. X 3 ft. ; rounded ; granite. 



The vicar said these had been brought from a field at Stoney Low, a 

 few hundred yards S.E. of its present site, out of boulder clay. 



Little Madeley. — Gravel pit at point of bifurcation, close to ' e ' in 

 ' Little ' (Madeley) on Ordnance map, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staff. 

 Small boulders of granite not exceeding 12 inches diameter. 



The gravel pit is in grass land. Its extent not ascertained. Beds of 

 sand and gravel alternate, and contain fragments of shells and chalk 

 flints. Base of series not exposed, 



Yorkshire. 



The following reports of erratic blocks and groups of erratic blocks 

 have been furnished by the Yorkshire Boulder Committee : — 



A square block of whinstone. The length is 2 ft. 7 in. by 2 ft. 4 in. by 

 2 ft. 3 in. above ground. In the parish of Folkton, near Filey, on the 

 estate of J. Woodall, Esq., Scarborough. The farm is called West Flot- 

 manby Hall farm. Folkton is situated about five miles to the west of 

 Filey. West Flotmanby Hall is east of Folkton about half a mile. Ko 

 striations or marks of any kind, but upon the IST.E. face of the boulder is 

 the mark of the Government broad arrow. The nearest district from 

 which it could have travelled is Kildale, in Cleveland, about forty miles 

 west. About 150 ft. above the sea. Tt is situated nearly on the top of a 

 ridge of gravel running N.E. by S.W., and rests upon gravel-sand and 

 beds of clay. 



In the parish of Folkton, on the estate of J. Woodall, Esq., Scar- 

 borough, round a spring head at the N.E. side of West Flotmanby Hall, 

 near Filey, there are several boulders which have been collected from the 

 Carrs ; the largest is — 



2 ft. 6 in X 1 ft. 11 in. X 1 ft. 3 in. ; Mountain limestone. 



1 „ 7 „ X 1 „ 4 „ X 1 „ 1 „ ; Diorite. 



1 „ 3 „ xO „ 11 „ xO „ 8 „ ; „ 



1 „ 1 „ xO „ 10 „ xO „ 8 „ ; Whinstone. 



1 „ „ xO „ 9 „ xO „ 8 „ ; Sandstone. 



All are snbangular to rounded. They have all been moved to their pro- 



