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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OE 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  [June 
  22, 
  

  

  northern 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  Quarry 
  Wood 
  Hill, 
  occupying 
  a 
  position 
  im- 
  

   mediately 
  above 
  the 
  yellow 
  sandstones, 
  we 
  have, 
  at 
  Laveroch 
  Loch, 
  

   another 
  quarry 
  of 
  sandstone, 
  which 
  is 
  here 
  somewhat 
  white 
  in 
  colour, 
  

   and 
  harder 
  in 
  nature 
  than 
  the 
  Bishops 
  Mill 
  rock, 
  having 
  a 
  dispo- 
  

   sition 
  to 
  assume 
  a 
  cherty 
  condition 
  in 
  its 
  higher 
  beds, 
  while 
  the 
  

   lower 
  strata 
  have 
  a 
  greater 
  affinity 
  to 
  the 
  soft 
  yellow 
  sandstones 
  of 
  

   Bishops 
  Mill. 
  Here 
  also 
  fossils 
  occur; 
  Holoptychius 
  and 
  Glypto- 
  

   pomus 
  having 
  been 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  this 
  quarry, 
  the 
  latter 
  fossil 
  showing 
  

   an 
  affinity 
  of 
  the 
  deposits 
  here 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  Dura 
  Den 
  in 
  Fifeshire. 
  

  

  About 
  a 
  third 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  Laveroch 
  Loch 
  quarry, 
  and 
  

   nearly 
  on 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  strike 
  of 
  the 
  strata 
  of 
  the 
  last-named 
  locality, 
  

   but 
  slightly 
  on 
  the 
  rise 
  of 
  them, 
  we 
  have 
  another 
  quarry 
  wrought 
  on 
  

   the 
  northern 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  Quarry 
  Wood 
  Hill. 
  This, 
  called 
  the 
  

   Millstone 
  Quarry, 
  affords 
  white 
  sandstones 
  with 
  conglomerates, 
  the 
  

   lower 
  beds 
  being 
  red, 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  strata, 
  as 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  quarry, 
  white 
  and 
  cherty. 
  About 
  a 
  mile 
  E.N.E. 
  of 
  the 
  Mill- 
  

   stone 
  Quarry, 
  at 
  Mireside, 
  quarries 
  are 
  also 
  seen. 
  The 
  uppermost 
  

   beds 
  here 
  consist 
  of 
  cherty 
  sandstones, 
  having 
  below 
  them 
  sandstones 
  

   with 
  pebble-beds, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  a 
  reddish 
  hue. 
  The 
  strata 
  

   are 
  identical 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Millstone 
  Quarry, 
  but 
  neither 
  locality, 
  

   so 
  far 
  as 
  could 
  be 
  ascertained, 
  has 
  as 
  yet 
  furnished 
  fossils. 
  

  

  A 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  west 
  of 
  Mireside, 
  in 
  Findrassie 
  Wood, 
  there 
  is 
  

   an 
  old 
  quarry 
  which 
  affords 
  cherty 
  sandstone 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  Los- 
  

   siemouth, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  from 
  this 
  spot 
  that 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  the 
  Stago- 
  

   nolepis 
  were 
  first 
  obtained. 
  The 
  Hill 
  of 
  Spynie, 
  lying 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  

   and 
  a 
  half 
  E.N.E. 
  of 
  Findrassie 
  quarry, 
  also 
  affords 
  a 
  quarry 
  com- 
  

   posed 
  of 
  cherty 
  sandstones 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  Findrassie 
  and 
  Lossie- 
  

   mouth, 
  and 
  underlain 
  by 
  strata 
  very 
  nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  those 
  seen 
  

   beneath 
  the 
  cherty 
  sandstones 
  of 
  Mireside 
  quarry. 
  This 
  quarry 
  on 
  

   Spynie 
  Hill 
  yielded 
  the 
  Telerpeton 
  Elginense. 
  

  

  This 
  cherty 
  sandstone, 
  like 
  the 
  sandstone 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  nature 
  south 
  

   of 
  Elgin, 
  passes 
  conformably 
  under 
  the 
  limestone 
  (cornstone) 
  on 
  the 
  

   south 
  side 
  of 
  Spynie 
  Loch, 
  and 
  on 
  this 
  limestone 
  (cornstone) 
  the 
  

   castle, 
  the 
  former 
  residence 
  of 
  the 
  Abbots 
  of 
  Elgin, 
  is 
  placed. 
  

   Throughout 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  strata 
  just 
  described 
  as 
  lying 
  north 
  of 
  

   the 
  fault 
  before 
  alluded 
  to, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  continuous 
  N.N.W. 
  dip 
  at 
  10°, 
  

   from 
  the 
  grey 
  sandstones 
  with 
  pebble-beds, 
  affording 
  Holoptychius 
  

   and 
  Bothriolepis, 
  to 
  the 
  Spynie 
  limestone. 
  The 
  latter 
  rock 
  is 
  only 
  

   very 
  slightly 
  developed 
  here, 
  having, 
  except 
  the 
  small 
  patch 
  on 
  

   which 
  Spynie 
  Castle 
  is 
  built, 
  entirely 
  disappeared 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  

   denudation. 
  

  

  The 
  sequence 
  of 
  the 
  strata 
  north 
  of 
  Elgin, 
  through 
  Quarry 
  Wood 
  

   Hill 
  to 
  Spynie 
  Loch, 
  exhibits 
  a 
  very 
  great 
  affinity 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   Findhorn 
  section, 
  from 
  the 
  yellow 
  sandstone 
  with 
  scales 
  of 
  Holopty- 
  

   chim 
  to 
  the 
  Cothall 
  limestones 
  ; 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  every 
  reason 
  for 
  infer- 
  

   ring 
  that 
  both 
  these 
  sections 
  are 
  identical 
  in 
  sequence, 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  

   the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  strata, 
  the 
  Spynie 
  limestones 
  corresponding 
  with 
  

   those 
  of 
  Cothall. 
  The 
  beds 
  north 
  of 
  Elgin 
  have 
  yielded 
  a 
  greater 
  

   variety 
  of 
  fossils 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Findhorn 
  ; 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  result 
  

   of 
  the 
  more 
  extensive 
  quarrying 
  in 
  the 
  former 
  area 
  ; 
  for 
  in 
  the 
  latter, 
  

  

  