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making. If ever there was a site in Britain which called for preservation 
on geological and archeological grounds as a national scientific monument, 
it is this area at Hoxne. 
A similar plea can be made for the preservation of the remarkable 
tributary valley to the Gipping valley-system, north-west of Ipswich, where 
there occurs the brickfield of Messrs. Bolton & Co., Ltd. The site has 
become famous from the labours of Mr. Reid Moir, who here made the 
original discoveries of sub-Crag rostro-carinate implements and flakes in 
1909-10. Inthe years that have followed, the succession of glacial and post- 
glacial deposits has yielded a series of human industries unequalled at any 
other site in Britain. ‘The whole area comprises only about 100 acres. 
Apart from its archeological importance, it displays features of exceptional 
geological interest, of which especial mention should be made of the evidence 
of glacial tectonics described by Dr. George Slater. 
The Derby Road (or Foxhall Road) brickfield, east of Ipswich, formerly 
yielded evidence of another interglacial lake-like area, similar to that at 
Hoxne. From this locality Miss N. F. Layard, Mr. Reginald Smith, 
Mr. Reid Moir, and others obtained remarkable collections of Acheulian 
and other implements. In this case the site may be lost to science, for it 
has now been in part built over. The fate of this site should be a warning 
to us and should prompt us to act now as trustees for the future. For our 
duty as trustees lies clear before us if only we adopt the view that, by acting 
now to safeguard sites of scientific interest, we are in effect taking steps to 
preserve some of the very title-deeds of our intellectual possessions. 
Dr. L. DupLey Stamp.—The Land Utilisation Survey of Britain. 
The main object of the Land Utilisation Survey of Britain is to record the 
present use of every acre of England, Wales and Scotland. The record has 
been made in the years 1931-35 on the Ordnance Survey maps on the scale 
of six inches to one mile. Each quarter sheet covers normally an area of 
six square miles and the permanent collection comprises nearly 20,000 of 
these sheets. The field work has been done entirely by volunteers, drawn 
from universities, colleges, schools and local societies. All these field 
sheets are being studied and edited, and the results shown on a series of 
maps on the uniform scale of one inch to one mile. Wherever there is local 
support these maps are being published, and present a clear picture of local 
conditions, land use being shown in six colours. Forest and woodland are 
in dark green ; permanent pasture in light green; arable land in brown; 
heathland, moorland and rough pasture. in yellow; gardens, allotments, 
nurseries and orchards in purple ; land agriculturally unproductive in red. 
Twenty sheets, each covering about 500 square miles, are now on sale. 
The record provides a standard of comparison with the past and a basis 
of planning for the future. Comparison with the past has been carried out 
for selected areas in southern England and suggests that the best use of 
much of the land of Britain has already been proved by long experience over 
hundreds of years of settlement. Thus land which was arable in the Middle 
Ages was arable a hundred years ago, and is still cultivated to-day. Simi- 
larly the poorest land has always been in woodland or heath. The greatest 
changes—from arable to grass—have taken place on land of intermediate 
quality. This suggests that, in planning the land for the future, not only 
must any plans start from the present position as shown by the Land Utilisa- 
tion maps, but that any radical change from the present use must be carefully 
_ justified scientifically. This is work which must be watched by local 
scientific societies throughout the country. 
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