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  ASSOCIATED 
  DEPOSITS 
  AT 
  NEWBURY. 
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  Appendix 
  I. 
  

  

  1. 
  (1) 
  Dr. 
  Buckland 
  treated 
  of 
  some 
  points 
  in 
  the 
  geology 
  of 
  

   Newbury 
  in 
  his 
  memoir 
  ' 
  On 
  the 
  Formation 
  of 
  the 
  Valley 
  of 
  

   Kingsclere 
  and 
  other 
  Valleys 
  by 
  the 
  Elevation 
  of 
  Strata 
  that 
  

   enclose 
  them 
  ; 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Evidences 
  of 
  the 
  Original 
  Continuity 
  

   of 
  the 
  Basins 
  of 
  London 
  and 
  Hampshire/ 
  in 
  Trans. 
  Geol. 
  

   Soc. 
  ser. 
  2, 
  vol. 
  ii. 
  (1826) 
  pp. 
  119-130, 
  illustrated 
  with 
  a 
  

   geological 
  map 
  of 
  ' 
  The 
  Valleys 
  of 
  Kingsclere 
  and 
  Ham 
  in 
  the 
  

   Basin 
  of 
  Newbury' 
  (pi. 
  xvii). 
  

  

  (2) 
  The 
  geology 
  of 
  the 
  Newbury 
  district 
  was 
  described 
  and 
  illus- 
  

  

  trated 
  in 
  ' 
  A 
  Lecture 
  on 
  the 
  Geological 
  History 
  of 
  the 
  Vicinity 
  

   of 
  Newbury, 
  Berks,' 
  by 
  T. 
  Rupert 
  Jones 
  (1854). 
  See 
  also 
  the 
  

   Rev. 
  John 
  Adams, 
  ' 
  Geological 
  Sketch 
  of 
  the 
  Kennet 
  Valley,' 
  

   Wilts 
  Archfeol. 
  & 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Soc. 
  Mag. 
  vol. 
  xi. 
  (1869) 
  pp. 
  274, 
  

   etc. 
  

  

  (3) 
  Prof, 
  (afterwards 
  Sir 
  Joseph) 
  Prestwich 
  has 
  alluded 
  to 
  several 
  

  

  particulars 
  in 
  the 
  geology 
  of 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Newbury 
  

   in 
  Quart. 
  Journ. 
  Geol. 
  Soc. 
  vol. 
  x. 
  (1854) 
  pp. 
  86, 
  87, 
  & 
  129, 
  

   & 
  vol. 
  xlvi. 
  (1890) 
  p. 
  162. 
  

  

  (4) 
  Geological 
  notes 
  on 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  Berkshire 
  have 
  been 
  given 
  in 
  

  

  Mem. 
  Geol. 
  Surv. 
  Expl. 
  Sheet 
  13, 
  1861 
  ; 
  Expl. 
  Sheet 
  12. 
  

   1862; 
  and 
  Expl. 
  Sheet 
  7, 
  1864. 
  

  

  (5) 
  Many 
  facts 
  and 
  opinions 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  geological 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  

   district 
  are 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  four 
  volumes 
  of 
  the 
  Transactions 
  

   of 
  the 
  Newbury 
  District 
  Field 
  Club, 
  as 
  follows 
  :— 
  vol. 
  i. 
  (1871) 
  

   pp. 
  21-32, 
  104-109 
  ; 
  vol. 
  ii. 
  (1878) 
  pp. 
  2-6, 
  64, 
  246-250 
  ; 
  

   vol. 
  iii. 
  p. 
  101 
  ; 
  vol. 
  iv. 
  pp. 
  206-210. 
  

  

  II. 
  A 
  full 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  characters, 
  position, 
  and 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  sarsens 
  or 
  sarsenstones 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  Prof. 
  T. 
  Rupert 
  Jones 
  

   in 
  Wilts 
  Archaeol. 
  & 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Soc. 
  Mag. 
  vol. 
  xxiii. 
  (No. 
  68, 
  

   December 
  1886) 
  pp. 
  122-154; 
  with 
  a 
  bibliographic 
  list 
  of 
  

   references. 
  In 
  a 
  note 
  on 
  p. 
  133 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  ' 
  sarsens 
  are 
  

   particularly 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  gravel 
  of 
  the 
  Kennet 
  Valley, 
  near 
  

   Newbury' 
  (Enborne 
  Road, 
  for 
  instance). 
  These 
  are 
  small 
  

   waterworn 
  pieces 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  large 
  blocks, 
  such 
  as 
  are 
  

   still 
  abundant 
  on 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  uplands 
  traversed 
  by 
  the 
  Kennet. 
  

  

  III. 
  See 
  Mr. 
  Grover's 
  ' 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  New 
  Water-Supply 
  at 
  New- 
  

   bury,' 
  Trans. 
  Newbury 
  District 
  Field 
  Club, 
  vol. 
  ii. 
  (1878) 
  

   pp. 
  246-248. 
  

  

  IV. 
  A 
  human 
  skull 
  from 
  the 
  peat 
  was 
  referred 
  to 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Buckland 
  

   in 
  Trans. 
  Geol. 
  Soc. 
  ser. 
  2, 
  vol. 
  ii. 
  (1826) 
  p. 
  128. 
  Dr. 
  Rolleston 
  

   described 
  this 
  skull 
  and 
  another 
  in 
  Trans. 
  Newbury 
  District 
  

   Field 
  Club, 
  vol. 
  ii. 
  (1878) 
  pp. 
  241-245. 
  Remains 
  of 
  two 
  

   other 
  human 
  skulls 
  from 
  the 
  peat 
  are 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Palmer 
  

   in 
  his 
  memoir 
  ' 
  On 
  the 
  Antiquities 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Peat 
  of 
  

   Newbury,' 
  Trans. 
  Newbury 
  District 
  Field 
  Club, 
  vol. 
  ii. 
  (1878) 
  

   pp. 
  123-134. 
  The 
  Appendix 
  to 
  that 
  paper 
  (pp. 
  135-147) 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  interesting 
  descriptions 
  of 
  the 
  peat 
  from 
  older 
  writers. 
  

  

  Q.J.G.S. 
  No. 
  211. 
  2o 
  

  

  