Glacier Moraines in Cumberland and Westmorland. 195 



Notes on Glacier Moraines in Cumberland and 

 Westmorland. By W. Brockbank, F.GS. 



{Received April 23rd, 18Q5*) 



The Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 

 for 1 840- 1 contain interesting notices on the evidence of 

 glaciers having existed in Great Britain, by Professor 

 Agassiz and others. The subject was then a novel one, 

 having been advanced and widely illustrated by the eminent 

 Swiss professor. His views obtained a ready acceptance 

 and support from Lyell, Buckland, Sedgwick, and the other 

 leaders of geological science, and their researches are given 

 in the London Geological Society's publications which 

 contain a rapid survey of the whole of Great Britain, and 

 describe many moraine-like masses of Drift as illustrating 

 the new theory. 



The subject does not appear to have had the careful 

 attention it deserved, bearing, as it does, so particularly upon 

 the origin of our Boulder Drift, or Till, and upon more 

 recent changes of level in the geological history of our 

 Island. 



The following notes are offered as a contribution in fur- 

 ther elucidation of this subject, being the result of observa- 

 tions made during the last two years (1869-70) in the Lake 

 District. 



Dr. Buckland, who accompanied Professor Agassiz in 

 his examinations, describes the glacial evidences in the 

 Lake District, claiming amongst others, as moraines : — (1) 

 The gravel mounds with large boulders, near the junction 

 of the Eden with the Eamont and Lowther near Penrith ; 

 (2) the large and lofty insulated piles of gravel in the 



* Printed in abstract in the Proceedings of the Society for 1870, pp. 19 to 25, 



