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MISS E. M. E. WOOD ON THE LOWER LUDLOW [May I 9OO, 



The Wenlock and Ludlow formations are each composed of a 

 calcareous and of a shaly group, and to the alternating occurrence 

 of beds with such different powers of resistance to the agents 

 of denudation are owing the striking scenic features of the district. 



Fig. 1. 



The Aymestry Limestone forms, generally speaking, the highest 

 ground in the neighbourhood, and gives rise to the ranges of well- 

 wooded hills, with bold and rolling outlines, such as Bingewood 

 Chase, Mocktree Hill, the Vinnalls, etc. The Wenlock Lime- 

 stone forms a much lower and less conspicuous ridge, while the 

 intervening steep scarp-face is occupied by the Lower Ludlow 

 Shales. The Wenlock Shales which form the core of the anticline, 

 and occur in the neighbourhood of Wigmore, Burrington, etc., occupy 

 the lowest ground in the district. 



The Lower Ludlow Shales are exposed in numerous sections, but 

 in no case bave I found one in which the complete succession from 

 the top of the Wenlock Limestone to the base of the Aymestry 

 Limestone is laid bare. 



