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The Palceolithic Deposits of Hitchin. 



BH 6. Jeeves' Yard, S.W. of BH 5. Level (of present surface) about 240 feet. 



Feet. 



Made ground 1 



Ancient J Brown sand (decalcified shell marl ?) 13^ 



alluvium. I Brown brickearth (boring stopped by a large stone) 4 



BH 7. 



Jeeves' Yard, north-east part, near the pump. 



about 238 feet. 



Palaeolithic. 



Ancient 

 alluvium. 



18| 



Level (of present surface) 

 Feet. 



Brickearth (already removed) 10 



fShell marl, with Valvata piscinalis, &c 8 



Black loam with fish-bones, freshwater shells, seed of alder, 



J and Naias marina 7 



•{ Thin seam of small lignite. 



I Laminated brown and white loam, more sandy. Obscure 



J vegetable remains 10 



L Lighter coloured very soft loam 2 



BH 8. In old brickpit N.N.E. of Maydencroft Farm and on south side 

 Carlton Road (close to BH 4). Level of old surface about 260 feet. 



Palseolithic. 



Ancient 

 alluvium. 



Glacial ? 



J Brickearth, already removed 



L do. dug 



White calcareous silt, with carbonaceous seams, Bythinia, 

 and fish-bones 



Yellow loam, darker below 



Seam of fish-bones. 



Yellow loam , 



White silt \ 

 Brown silt J 



Black loam with freshwater shells and seeds 



Stiffer black loam with traces of plants 



l^Stiff, hard, blue-black clay with small roots 



Coarse, blackish, loamy sand 



37 

 of the 



Feet. 

 14 

 1 



2 

 3 



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BH 9. Eoad-side, close to paths to Maydencroft Farm and Priory Park. Surface 



about 273 feet. 



Feet. 



Brickearth and numerous stones 3 



BH 10. Close to BH 12 (which see). 



BH 11. Eoadside south of Priory Park, | mile east of Charlton. 



Feet. 



Soil , 1 



f Sandy and stony brickearth 3 



Yellow sandy gravel 3 



Yellow sand 4 



«| Yellow gravelly sand 1 



I Loamy sand 4 



| Laminated reddish-brown loam 2 



LSand, darker and rather loamy 3 



Ancient 

 alluvium, 

 decalcified ? 

 or Glacial. 



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