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strike about north-north-east. The accompanying diagram (fig. 8) 

 represents the appearance that the quarry would assume if the 

 south-eastern side were cut into a series of steps successively 

 retreating south-eastward as the observer passed south-westward. 



Fig;. 8.- 



-Diagram showing the structure of the small quarry near 

 the Lamb Inn, West Malvern. 



MS, = Upper beds of May Hill Sandstone. 

 FF = Fault. 



At a short distance to the south-east beyond the quarry the 

 Archsean comes in, but it is not exposed here. Judging from the 

 character of the slope, the junction of this with the sandstone 

 occurs at about the level of the hedge of the small field in which 

 the quarry was situated. To- 



wards the north-west a strip 

 of Archaean comes in : this is 

 seen in the road, and also in 

 the quarry itself. The actual 

 junction is seen to be a fault, 

 striking north 3° west, and 

 dipping at about 60° into the 

 hill. The Archsean rocks in the 

 quarry show traces of a rude 

 foliation, the folia dipping nearly 

 due east at about 60°. 



Farther westward the purple 

 May Hill Sandstones set in, as 

 proved by the debris thrown out 

 from a well sunk in a garden 

 immediately above the lower 

 road. Traces of the grey sand- 

 stones may be detected in the 

 soil a little farther north, along 

 a prolongation of the fault seen 



Fig. 9. — Diagrammatic section 

 through the small quarry near 

 the Lamb Inn. West Malvern. 



. ivi.-v ■"«■■*■ v* lArcha 



/ !\ Archaean 

 M sr\ f'MS 2 \/r 



F l 



MS 2 = Upper beds of May Hill Sand- 

 stone. 

 MS 1 = Lower beds of May Hill Sand- 

 stone. 

 FF= Faults. 



