1 18 Bay — Raised Beach, near Weston-super-Mare. 



time have been witliiii 15 feet of the sea-level ; and we have, in this 

 instance, corroborative evidence of the truth of such an inference 



Fig. 2. — Diagram of Gates at Uphill, near Weston-super-Mare. 



A. A. Carboniferous Limestone. b. Hyeena den. a. Accumulation of Cave-bones. 



b. Blocks of Limestone wedged into c. Chimney passing down to c. Lower Cave. 



d. Clay containing human remains. 



e. Bed of sand. /. Eecent " Head" concealing g. Entrance. 



Beneath the old den there is at present, at very little above spring- 

 tides, a second, larger and much more commodious cave (fig. 2, c). 

 The latter, though containing human remains and the bones of 

 animals of the human period, embedded in clay (d), and here and 

 there covered vs^ith Stalagmite, contains no fossil remains either in 

 this clay, or in or beneath the bed of sand (e) that underlies it. The 

 mouth of the cave [g) was closed, when first discovered, by a mass 

 of head (/) ; but it was not this that prevented its occupation during 

 the Cave-epoch ; since this accumulation (which, it is worthy of 

 remark, is in appearance more recent than that on the Kewstoke 

 Eoad) must have been formed subsequently to the introduction into 

 the chamber of Roman coins. The reason why this lower cavern 

 was not occvipied at the time of the formation of the Eaised Beach 

 and of the occupation of the den above, was of course that it was at 

 that time under water ; but when the elevation took place which 

 accompanied the accumulation of the older Sand-dunes, then this 

 cave was likewise brought up dry and partially filled with similar 

 drifted sand. This correlation, I think, proves that the land, at the 

 time that the cave-animals occupied this country, was at a slightly 

 lower level than at present. Such an alteration of level, although 

 not amounting to more than 20 or 30 feet, would however have 

 greatly modified the character of the district ; as it would have 

 been quite sufficient to depress beneath the sea all the extensive flats 

 that now so widely border this coast. 



It will be evident to the reader that the Eaised Beach at Weston 

 deserves more attention than has as yet been bestowed upon it, 

 especially in the identification of the remains found in it. I may 

 add that if the student wishes for a fuller description of the Uphill 

 Caves as they were when first explored, he will find such in Eutter's 



