Yol. 56.] STRUCTURE OF THE MALVERN" AND ABBERLEY HILLS. 141 



The rocks of the Malvernian Series form the most conspicuous 

 part of the Herefordshire Beacon. Towards the west this mass 

 bulges out in a way suggestive of igneous intrusion into the 

 Silurian Series. The rocks are, as a whole, massive rather than 



Fig. 1. — Section across the northern extremity of Hangman's 

 Hill and Swinyard Hill. (Sec pp. 189—140.) 



Swiayard Hill. 



Hangman's Hill 



Malv. 



[Scale: 4;Hnches=l mile.] 



Pig. 2. — Section across the Herefordshire Beacon and Tinker's Hill. 

 (Seep. 142.) 



Oldcastle Farm 



:W.30°N. 



Herefordshire Beacon. 



Malv. 



F.F 



LL 



WL 2 WS wL7 S W1S 2 Malv. 



Hill Farm. 



E.30°S.j 

 Tinkers Hill f| 



Up f Tr 



Fig. 3. — Section across the Herefordshire Beacon and Broad Doivn. 

 (Scs p. 142.) 



Herefordshire Beacon. 



w.s.w, 



Hill Farm. 

 E.N.E. 



WS 



WM MS* MS2 • 

 Malv. Malv. 



WL 2 



[Scale of figs. 2 & 3 : 3 inches=l mile.] 



F Ti 



Tr=Trias. 



LL = Lower Ludlow Shale?. 

 WL 2 = Wenlock Limestone. 

 WS = Wenlock Shale. 

 WL 1 = Woolhope Limestone. 



TS = Tarannon Shale. 



MS^= Upper part of May Hill 

 Sandstone. 



TJr = Uriconian. 

 Malv = Malvernian. 



FF= Faults. 



chistose, but on the road south oF Clutter's Cave schistose beds 

 dip east-north-eastward to north-eastward at 25° to 30° ; in the 

 road east of Allfield Coppice they dip eastward, and at Wind's Point 

 the direction of dip is prevailingly the same. It should be noted 



