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Section XI. — In Buckholt Wood. 1 (From Stroud, 5| miles N.N.E. ; 

 from Leckhampton Hill, 4| miles S.W.) 



ft. ins. ft. iii3. 

 Upper Tri- 1. Shelly ragstone with characteristic 

 <?WMa-grit. fossils in a small opening justbehind 



the quarry, and also shown (about 



1 foot) at top of quarry (right-hand 



side) altogether about 1 8 



Gryphite-grit. 2. Greyish-green, oolitic, sandy rag- 

 stone. Small, smooth Pectens rather 



numerous, Gryphaea (scarce) in 



upper third. Astarte elegans com- 

 mon, Trigonia (clavellate sp.) in 



lower third. On quarry -heap (pieces 



recognized by being stained with 



reddish soil) Acanthothyris and 



impression of spinous Sonninia ... 3 2 



Buckmani- 3. Grey sandy stone weathering yellow ; 



grit. ' Terebratula cf. Buckmaniana ' 



(broadish small form) nearly at 



top ( T. Buckmani in upper part ; 



Mr. Upton) 4 



4. More or less incoherent sandy parting 



with some stone. Ctenostreon 

 proboscideum (?) 4 



5. Hard grey sand-rock, containing 



shells, but often only fragments — 

 chiefly lamellibranchiata, extraction 

 rather hopeless. Gryphaea occa- 

 sionally. At the top of the bed, 

 where it is rather softer owing to 

 weathering : Terebratula Buck- 

 mani; T. allied form, but too broad, 

 with too pronounced a fold, for true 

 T. Buckmani ; Acanthothyris sp. ; 

 also a biplicate Terebratula found 

 close to this horizon in a matrix 

 suggesting this position 1 10 



6. Yellow, incoherent sand, of variable 



thickness owing to irregularity of 

 under and upper surfaces of over- 

 and underlying beds. From 1 foot 

 3 inches to 2 feet Average 1 8 



7. Similar to No. 5 1 



8. Yellowish-brown sand at top, greyish 



marly sand below 1 3 



9. Pinkish-grey sand-rock 1 3 



11 4 



Lower Tri- 10. To the bottom of the quarry obscured 

 ^oma-grit (?) by fallen debris, about 2 6 



A genuine young specimen .of Terebratula Buckmani, from a sand-bed, was 

 found on the spoil-heap. 



1 This is marked as Cranham Wood in the Ordnance Survey-map ; but what 

 is there marked Buckholt Wood is Cranham Wood, and vice versa. This 

 particular Buckholt Wood must not be confused with another locality of the 

 same name S.W. of Stroud, to which I have often referred in other writings. 



