THE 



QUARTERLY JOURNAL 



OF 



THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 

 Vol. LXVII. 



1. The Rh^tic and Contiguous Deposits of West, Mid, and part 

 of East Somerset. 1 By Linsdall Richardson, F.R.S.E., 

 F.L.S., F.G.S. (Read November 9th, 1910.) 



[Plates I-IV.] 



Contents. 



Page 

 I. Introduction 2 



II. Subdivisions recognizable in the Rhgetic Rocks of the 



District described .- 5 



III. Local Details li 



(1) West Somerset 11 



(A) The Selworthy Outlier. 



(B) The Watchet Area. 



(2) Mid Somerset 31 



(A) The Polden-Hills Area. 



(B) The Sparkford-Hill Area. 

 (0) The Somerton-Langport Area. 



(D) The Langport-Howley Area. 



(E) The Wedmore Inlier. 



(F) The Uphill-Shepton-Mallet Area. 



(3) East Somerset (pars) 61 



(A) The Nunney-Elm Area. 



(B) The Bad stock Area. 



(0) The Stone-Easton Outlier. 

 (D) The Hinton-Blewet Area. 

 (E^ Tlie Harptree Area. 

 (F) The Nempnet Outlier. 



1 In this paper, by ' West Somerset ' is meant Somerset west of the Tone 

 and Parrett ; by ' Mid Somerset,' the portion between these rivers and a line 

 running from the coast at Bream Down along the Mendip Hills to near 

 Downhead, and then turning southwards ; while ' East Somerset ' is the 

 remainder of the county. 



Q. J. G. S. No. 265. b 



