T. C. Cantrill — Kewper Outlier near Kidderminster. 269 



Trias Sanclstone in that district. In several places the black sandstone 

 was distributed much in the same manner as currants in an ordinaiy 

 cake ; a metaphor exactly descriptive of the case at Bissell Hill.^ 



4. A few yards farther on, and at a lower level, beyond an over- 

 grown debris mound, is a small pit in front of a high face of rock, 

 with abundant pick marks. The following section is afforded : — 



Section at the Pit Quarky. ft. in. 



1. Marl, friable, chocolate-coloui-ed 1 



2. Sandstone, soft, yellowish-red, with marly patches 1 



3. Sandstone, fissile, micaceons, passing into 4 2 



4. Sandstone, soft, dark, fine-grained 2 



5. Marl parting 1 



6. Sandstone, similar to 4 Oil 



7. Marl, soft, micaceous, sandy, laminated, and fissile 4 



8. Sandstone, soft, dull red, passing into 9 4 



9. Sandstone, coarse, yellowish-red, with large quartz grains and a few 



large rolled marl fragments 1 



10. Marl, friable, chocolate-coloured 3 



11. Sandstone, dull red 10 



12. Marl parting 1 



13. Sandstone, similar to 11 1 1 



14 7 



Probably the top beds in the Pit Quarry underlie the bottom beds 

 in the East Quarry, with some few feet of intervening beds not 

 exposed. 



5. Beyond a debris mound, and at about the same level as the 

 middle beds of the Pit Quarry, is a small crag of rock showing the 

 following beds : — 



ft. in. 



1. Marl 6 



2. Sandstone, fine, micaceous 1 



3. Sandstone, soft, dull red 4 



4. Sandstone, coarse, calcareous, with small marl pebbles 6 



6 

 These are probably beds 7, 8, and 9 of the Pit Quarry, though 

 modified even in the short distance of about three yards. 



6. Immediately below exposure 5 is the Bunter Quarry, the only 

 one on the whole scarp. It shows nothing but the typical Bunter 

 Sandstone, bright red, fine-grained, without mica or pebbles. It 

 is thin-bedded, and dips into the hill at about 13°. The topmost 

 beds in this quarry are six feet vertically below the lowest visible 

 Keuper beds in the overlying exposure, so that the position of the 

 boundary is here fixed to within about eight feet. 



7. About the same level as the top of the Bunter Quarry, and 

 some 30 yards farther on, is a small projecting crag of Bunter. 



8. Higher up, and about 30 yards still further on, is a small crag 

 of Keuper, probably concealed by vegetation during the summer. 



9. About ten yards farther on, and close up to the hedge, is 

 a small working in the Keuper, showing the following section : — 



1 See also Proc. Birm. Nat. Hist, and Mic. Soc. 1870, p. 55. 



