NOTES ON THE PLEISTOCENE DEPOSITS 



CORNISH COAST NEAR PADSTOW. 



The quaint little chapel of St. Enodock rises from a hummocky 

 expanse of blown sand flanking the Camel Estuary opposite to 

 Padstovv. The broad valley occupied by the sand narrows where it 

 terminates in a low sand bank, to the foot of which the sea comes 

 at high tides ; this sand bank forms the centre of a little bay, the 

 horns of which are composed of purplish red and greenish banded 

 slates, forming low cliffs, upon which traces of a raised beach are 

 visible in places. The following sections were taken on the cliffs to 

 the north of the bay. 



West of Lower Trebetherick : 



Blown sand ^ 



Eed brown earth i 



Small fragments of slate with pebbles and subangular frag- ^ 3ft. Oin. 



ments of quartz | 



Angular slate fragments ' 



Brown sand with small quartz and flint pebbles resting on slates 



at 5ft. above high-water mark 4ft. Oin. 



In another place to the west of Trebetherick Point. 



Blown sand 



Sand with fragments of Mytili and Fatellm scattered through it 



(probably blown) 3ft. Oin. 



Consolidated sand 1ft. Oin. 



Eeddish-brown earth with small fragments of slate, and 

 angular, subangular, and well-worn quartz stones. A 

 large quartz pebble was noticed at the base 1ft. Oin. 



Fine brownish sand with occasional small pieces of slate, 



angular slate fragments, often large, and a few small 1 to 3ft. Oin. 

 quartz pebbles 



Bands of sand and loam occur in this basement bed in an adjacent 



spot. The base of the deposit is from 5 to 7 feet above high-water 



