68 TATE: THE YORKSHIRE BOULDER COMMITTEE. 
Reported by Mr. J. H. Lorruouse, Harrogate. 
HARROGATE.—Alt. 400 ft. :— 
Excavation in Station Square 12 xX 12 x 8 ft. deep, July 
and 17th, 1896. Modern land surface, dark soil, 12 inches. Ye 
clay, containing a large number of Millstone grit boulders a 
3 ft. 6 inches. In this bed the boulders were small in size, an 
of them more or less round as if waterworn. Dark blue 
containing angular and subangular boulders of Millstone grit n 
larger than those in the yellow deposit, also a number of Mout 
limestone boulders of various sizes from 2 or 3 inches to 12 1M 
in circumference. There was a great difference between the ye 
and blue deposit, not only on account of the colour, but also si 
shape, and character of the boulders contained. I am certain the 
were none foreign to the drainage area. I examined many spe 
to find some trace of ice-marking, but failed to do so. From ano 
excavation in the boulder clay capping the Yoredale beds of 
Stray on Prospect Hill, a Millstone grit boulder, 14 x 9 ft., wei 
13 tons, has been removed and placed with a suitable inscription! 
the Valley Gardens. This boulder was saved from destruction 4m 
conveyed to its present resting-place at the suggestion of Mr. G. P 
who also wrote the inscription. 
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Reported by Messrs. H. H. Corbett, M.R.C.S., avd Percy F. KENDALL, F.G# 
DoncasTER DIsTRICT. ; 
Batsy (Pit belonging to the Doncaster Brick Company) :— 
In this pit about 40’ of very hard Boulder-clay is exposed. It 
wholly unstratified and is closely packed with stones which are neatly 
all well-striated. 
he most abundant stones are magnesian limestone. Most 
these above the size of pebbles are picked out by the hewers 
are burned for lime. The records show that about one wagon 
of the boulders is sent up for each 1,000 loads of clay. 
Various rocks from the coal measures come next in abund: 
and constitute probably 90°/, of the remainder. They are ch 
(in order of relative abundance) sandstones, clay-ironstones (some 
with cone-in-cone structure), shales, and coal (including well-striat 
_cannel). Millstone grit; carboniferous limestone; chert; 2 
gypsum, often in masses weighing one or two hundredwelg® 
bunter quartzite; red and green poikilitic sandstones, some 
salt pseudomorphs and ripple-marks. . 
The floor of the pit, covering several acres, is strew? with 
heaped-up boulders, and looking carefully over these we found 3° — 
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