154 E. C. Martin — New Bed Graveh of the Tiverton District. 



In the lane section west of Warbrightsleigh Barton pieces of soft 

 recldisli micaceous sandstone were found with Rhjnchonella PartridgicB, 

 Whidb., Fetiestella pleheia, M'Coy, and Crinoids. This section is very 

 close to the outcrop of the Culm-measures, which are quarried in a 

 field to the north. The deposit at Warbrightsleigh is raiich finer and 

 more consolidated than that occurring at Stoodleigh Beacon. 



2. District Noeih»East of Tivertox. 



In the gravel-pit at Bolham about 30 feet of a very coarse earthy 

 gravel are exposed. Pieces of dark red 'rotten' sandstone containing 

 Ortliis interlineata, Sow., and other fossils are common. 



At Uplowmau the gravels are exposed in a road section noi-th of 

 the Church. A piece of soft red sandstone found here contained 

 Avicidopeden transversus, Sow., sp. Another piece was crowded with 

 small Gasteropods and other fossils, including the following species : — 



Euomphalus vermis, "Whidb. Aviculopecten nexilis. Sow., sp. 



Bellcrophon suhglobatus, M'Coy. ? Spiriferina cristata,yax.octoplicala,^ovf. 



? ALucrocliUina sp. Spirifer UrU, Flera. 



Tentaculites tcntaculare, Phil., sp. Criuoid stems. 



Similar fragments with the same species were found at Coombe, 

 near Uplowman, and at Pit, north-east of Sampford Peverell. 



Three Gates Outlier. 



A large outlying patch of gravel caps the hill between Huntsham 

 and Cove. It can be examined in three gravel-pits on the Upper 

 Tiverton - Bampton lioad, north of Landrake. In two of these pits 

 fossiliferous fragments were found. In the most northerly pit a piece 

 of crinoidal sandstone measuring 6 x 2^x3^ inches was noticed. 



Further east the gravels are exposed in a pit by Three Gates Farm. 

 In this pit fossiliferous pieces of grit and sandstone are abundant, 

 and contain the following species : — 



Fhacops latifro)is, Brouu. Spirifer Verneuili, Murch. 



Fenestclla pleheia, 'W Coy. S. Ur ii, Flem. 



Feniiiretipora bipinnata, Phil., sp. lihynchoneUa Fartridf/ice, Whidb. 



Seminiila oblonga, Sow., sp. Criuoid stems. 



Chimney Down Outlier. 



This is the last patch of gravel to the north-east, and the fossiliferous 

 fragments are much more plentiful here than elsewhere. This fact 

 is significant, since Chimney Down is only about two miles distant from 

 the outcrop of the Pilton Beds, where the same species of fossils can 

 be found in situ. 



The gravel-pit on Chimney Down, 878 feet above sea-level, exhibits 

 a very coarse uustratified gravel composed of angular and subangular 

 fragments of grit and sandstone of all sizes up to over two feet in 

 length in a red earthy matrix. The surfaces of the pebbles are very 

 often smooth and somewhat polished. One large fragment of grit 

 (23 X 18 X 15 inches) contained a fossiliferous layer two inches thick. 



