82 Report of Meetimjs for 1800. By Dr J. Hardy. 



The Bewick Sandstone ig not less than 200 feet high. The dip is N.E., 

 as seen on the summit of the hill. To the X. is the Blawweary Hill, a 

 hollow being between them. The rocks are seen in a gorge through which 

 the Eglingham Burn tumbles down from rock to rock. On both sides of 

 the gorge, the rock which is a hard yellow Sandstone is exposed ; it is 

 fully 60 feet in thickness ; tlie dip is N.W. 15". 



On that portion of the Sandstone E. of the Burn is a single detached 

 block of Sandstone, called the '' Grey Mare." The sandstone rock pro- 

 trudes through the hill in its natural position, in considerable mass, and 

 on its surface is a detached block resting on one of its corners, and with 

 the sides inclined to thp rock on which it i-ests. I find detached blocks of 

 stones which are usually covered over with lichens, and hoary with age 

 are here called " Grey Mares." Another of these is seen on Beadnell 

 Moor. The name is ancient, as it is used in Maps which are more than 

 80 years old. 



The effects of running water in wearing down and smoothing stones is 

 well seen in the Burn. The descent is very considerable ; huge masses of 

 rock have tumbled down from the cliffs ; these stones are smoothed, 

 rounded, and worn away, and the height to which the current has risen is 

 distinctly marked on the worn-away stones. Occasionally it is shown 

 that the water has risen to the height of three feet above the present 

 surface of the water. 



The Sandstone hill of Blawweary is a continuation of those from Rasa 

 Castle ; it extends eastwards to Eglingham ; opposite Eglingham Hall the 

 Burn cuts through sandstone which there dips N.W. In the flat ground 

 between Harehope and the burn is a deposit of gravel and sand ; the 

 gravel which is below the sand consists of Porphyry and Sandstones, 

 chiefly the former. 



Beanley Moor or Eglingham Moor is high ground overlooking the 

 swampy plain in which is Kemmer Lough. A succession of sandstone 

 rocks rise above each other, dipping S. by E. not less than 100 feet in 

 height. The stone is a sound hard building stone. I could perceive no 

 organic remains in the rocks at Bewick and Blawweary ; but in these 

 there are remains of {)lants, though none that T saw could be even geu- 

 erically distinguished. The sandstones on Beanley and Eglingham Hills 

 generally dip S.E. by E. 10° towards and under Alnwick Moor. 



AacH-^iOLOGiCAL. — Beanley Moor. — On this Moor are many exceedingly 

 interesting Celtic remains. Those I have seen are on one of the platforms 

 of the hill considerably elevated above the plain, and with higher hills 

 towards the south. On higher ground rising from the platform westward 

 is a large Circular Camp with high rampiers similar to that at Bewick — 

 this however I did not see. — [" The Eingses Camp," probably.] Opposite 

 to Eglingham is a Square Entrenchment, and within it are circular foun- 

 dations having openings to the East. This camp is about 25 yards square. 

 One of the circular foundations appeared like stones set at regular dis- 

 tances in the ground. East of this is a considerable number of circular 

 foundations, with openings to the east; these remains are distinct; they 



