Yol. 56.] STRUCTURE OF THE MALVERN AND ABBERLEY HILLS. 151 



appear to be the only localities along the Worcestershire Beacon 

 and North Hill where the May Hill Beds are not either vertical or 

 inverted. 



Fig. 6. — Section across the Malvern Range immediately north of 

 the Dingle. (Seep. 150.) 



W.byS 



[Scale : 3 inches =1 mile.] 



Fig. 7. — Section in the old quarry north of St. Edward's Orphanage, 

 West Malvern. (See p. 152.) 



N.Vfo 



[Length of section— about 35 yards.] 



Tr=Trias. 



LL= Lower Ludlow Shale. 

 WL 2 =Wenlock Limestone. 



WS=Wenlock Shale. 

 WL 1 = Woolhope Limestone. 

 TS=Tarannon Shale. 



MS 2 = Upper beds of May Hill Sand- 

 stone. 

 MS 2 = Lower beds of May Hill Sand- 

 stone. 

 Br = Loose breccia and rubble. 

 FF= Faults. 



The Woolhope Limestone may be readily traced northward from 

 Upper Wych, below Wychcrest, and the Spa ; beyond this it takes 

 a more north-north-westerly course. Whenever seen, as far north 

 as West Malvern, it is inverted, but at Birches Farm and for a short 

 distance to the north and south it assumes a normal dip, though it 

 becomes again inverted as it follows the western margin of High 

 Wood. When inverted, the limestone and associated shales form a 

 rather steep slope, but when the dip is normal the slope is much 

 more gradual. The Wenlock Limestone, on the other hand, has a 

 normal dip throughout its course to the west of the hills under 

 consideration (see Map, PI. VIII). A peculiarity here, noted also 

 in several other instances, is that the maximum inversion of the 

 beds is seen, not close to, but at a little distance from the Archaean 

 massif. 



