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Permian beds at this point. East of Measham it forms a broad outcrop, 

 however, and both marls and sandstones are distinguishable, whilst 

 towards Willesley it forms a striking ridge. The general dip is to 

 the south. 



Borings at Snarestone (310 O.D.) show 80 feet Lower Keuper 

 Sandstone, 47 feet Banter, and 96 feet of Permian, above Coal- 

 measures. In No. 1 boring there was 45 feet of Lower Keuper, 

 70 feet Banter, 38 ft. 6 in. Permian, and in JSTo. 2 on the Bosworth 

 Eoad, near tlie aqueduct, 78 ft. 9 in. Lower Keuper, 121ft. 3 in. 

 Bunter, overlying Coal-measures. East of the liiver Mease the 

 Lower Keuper sandstones and marls here extend in a ridge to 

 Normanton, flanking the Mease on the opposite side of the Willesley 

 ridge. This ridge extends to Swepstone, and northward to the 

 Burton line at Breach Hill, where they repose directly on Coal- 

 measures in the cutting, no Permian beds intervening. Along this 

 ridge the sandstones crop out and towards Normanton rise to an 

 altitude of over 450 feet. To the east they are covered by lied Marl, 

 the outcrop diminishing around the Altons. 



At Packington, the most easterly occurrence of Permian breccias, 

 unconsolidated and containing slate fragments, waterstones overlie 

 and overlap the breccias. At Huggiescote (514 O.D.) a boring 

 showed soil and clay 1ft. 6 in., marl and sandstone 200 ft. Sin., of 

 which 96 ft. 11 in. is probably in Red Marl. There was here no 

 conglomerate lat the base of the Lower Keuper, but a pink mixture 

 overlies Coal-measures. In the brickyard at Heather a section 

 formerh^ showed 37 feet of Keuper Sandstone overlying 1 foot 

 of conglomerate and Coal-measures. In the south-east there was 

 more sandstone. The upper beds were found to pass gradually into 

 marl, making their junction doubtful. In the Colliery it was 

 shown that there was an extension of the Cole Orton fault, of 

 20-25 yards, bringing the Lower Keuper Sandstone down close 

 to the stream. Outside this area the LuUington boring (275 O.D.) 

 passed through 1,190 feet of Trias, with probably some thickness 

 of Permian and Upper Coal-measures in the lower 547 feet under- 

 lying a doubtful thickness of Bunter of unusual type. Above this 

 there was apparently 155 feet Lower Keuper sandstones and marls 

 and 488 feet of Red Marl. These thicknesses are only approximate, 

 since the limits of each division are in this area difficult to define. 

 This is especially so in the case of the Red Marl, the boundary 

 of which with the Lower Keuper between No Man's Heath and 

 Appleby and Astrey to the south is not clear, though beds of 

 sandstone in the Lower Keuper alternate with the marls, and to 

 the east the Red Marl makes a feature which enables a boundary 

 to be fixed between the Upper and Lower Marls, the latter pre- 

 dominating here. In the direction of Shuttington the outcrop widens 

 and there are some sandstone horizons, which are traceable for some 

 distance, though they ultimately die out, and the ground resumes 

 a typical Red Marl appearance, though it is heavier than the latter. 

 These flaggy beds are exposed around Astrey, and in the stream 

 sections show a passage from the sandstones and marls into the Red 

 Marl. This was noticed by Howell years ago. To the south at 



