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Concretion Band (C b). The remaining exposures to the edge of the 

 wood are all iu the Upper Whitcliffe Flags (D). Throughout this 

 section the faunas of the beds are quite similar to those furnished 

 by the rocks of the type-section. 



(c) Stream near Deerhouse Bank. 



The best series of exposures on the south-eastern side of the main 

 anticline are seen in the neighbourhood of Deerhouse Bank. The 

 Lower Whitcliffe Flags (C) are exposed along the course of a small 

 stream running east through Ludford Park, the Concretion- 

 Band (C 6) at its upper limit being seen in an old quarry at the 

 southern end of Deerhouse Bank itself. The Upper Whitcliffe 

 Flags (D) come on immediately above it, and are seen again at 

 the eastern end of the Lower Plantation, succeeded by the lower 

 members of the Downton-Castle Sandstones (E). These are ex- 

 posed in the northern bank of the old roadway, where a small fault 

 running east-north-east brings on Upper Whitcliffe Flags again to 

 the south. The Downton-Castle Sandstones are, however, better 

 exposed in an old quarry south-east of Huck's Barn, where they 

 dip due eastward at 10°. 



(ii) The Caynham Inlier. 



In the Caynham inlier, 2 miles east of Ludlow, only the 

 Aymestry and Upper Ludlow Groups are represented, the higher 

 beds being faulted out in every direction. The Mocktree Shales (JB), 

 which are the lowest beds visible at this locality, are best seen 

 immediately north of Caynham Camp, and in the old quarries south- 

 west of Poughnhill Cottages. North of Caynham Camp the beds are 

 excavated in the centre of the dome, which is abruptly truncated on 

 the north, the strata being much disturbed close to the fault and dip- 

 ping at 50°. The Rhynchonella-Beds (C a) of the Lower Whitcliffe 

 Flags occupy the greater part of the remainder of this inlier, being- 

 seen all along the southern face of the hill from the eastern boundary- 

 fault to Saltmore, a distance of about 2| miles. They are exposed 

 in a series of small quarries, where the dip when close to the 

 southern fault may be 30° south-eastward. The Upper Whitcliffe 

 Flags (D) are seen only at the Saltmore end of the inlier, and are 

 best exposed in an old quarry east of the railway. 



(iii) Sections near Downton Castle. 



(a) Teme Section, between Bow Bridge and 

 Downton-Castle Bridge. 



One of the finest sections in the district is exposed in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Downton Castle, along the banks of the Teme between 

 Bow Bridge and Downton-Castle Bridge, there being an almost 

 continuous exposure of rock between these two localities. 



On the northern bank, due south-west of Bow Bridge, the 

 Aymestry Limestones (A) are extensively quarried along a grand 



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