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The platform is uneven and cut up ; a portion of it is water- 

 worn, and lies about 12 feet above the line of sea-growth. 



Poulnacallee (Church Bay). — Section at south end of Poulna- 

 callee Bay, a short distance south of ladies' bathing-place : — 



Feet. 

 Boulder-clay, . . . . . . 10 



Head, . . . . . . . . 15 



Raised-beach gravel, with blocks, . . 1-2 



Rock-platform. 



A cave shows blown sand on the platform behind the beach- 

 gravel, covered up by the head. 



Close to this section, at the head of a small inlet, some sand, 

 probably blown, is exposed at the foot of a 50-foot cliff, mainly 

 composed of head. It contains a layer of silt 3 inches thick near the 

 top, and several thin clayey layers below. The silt was carefully 

 searched for organic remains, but none were found. 



Close by is an outstanding stack showing — 



Feet. 



Current bedded gravel (glacial), .. 8 



Head, . . . . . . . . 10 



Raised-beach shingle, . . . . . . 1-2 



Uneven rock-platform. 



On the north side of Church Bay, and due east of the Hotel, 

 is a good exposure of blown sand, which at this point also can be 

 traced to a height of 35 feet above the platform. 



Weaver Point. — One hundred and fifty yards south-west of 

 Weaver Point is a section showing 15 feet of boulder-clay resting 

 immediately, or with very little intervening head, on blown sand, 

 which lies behind it against the rock-face. 



Twenty yards to the north of this is the following section : — 



Feet. 

 Upper head, . . . . 2 



Boulder-clay, . . . . 5 



Lower head, sandy and very coarse, . . 5 



Blown sand, showing bedding dipping seaward, — 

 Platform, with blocks and beach-gravel. 



The blown sand lies over and among the blocks, and is banked 

 as usual against the cliff behind the head. It passes up into the 



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