OF  THE  SHERBORNE  DISTRICT. 
491 
Yol.  49.] 
Section  VIII. — Section  at  Holway  Hill  (on  the  left-hand  side  of  the- 
Bristol  road,  just  before  the  third  milestone  from  Sherborne). 
Feet.  Inches. 
1.  Limestone  with  Belemnites .  1  0 
2.  Grey,  earthy  parting  .  9 
Bradfordensis.  N.  3.  Limestone  with  Bhynchonella  ringens  abun¬ 
dant,  -especially  at  the  bottom .  2  0 
4.  Irregular  earthy  parting  with  Rh.  ringens 
and  Terebratula  shirbuirniensis,  S.  Buckm.  3 
Murchisonce.  O.  5.  Hard,  grey  limestone  \  Ludwigia  Murchisonce 
(Sow.),  Ceromya  bajociana  .  6  0 
P.  0.  Sandy,  crystalline  limestone ;  Ludwigia 
Murchisonce  :  in  depth  at  least  .  3  0 
Q  ?  7.  Sand. 
Below  the  Rhynchonella  ringens-horizcm  in  this  section  are  shown 
nearly  10  feet  of  strata.  It  is,  however,  extremely  probable  that 
there  is,  below  Bed  7,  limestone  equivalent  to  Q  at  Marston  Road, 
for  it  should  be  noted  that  Q  is  not  worked  in  the  Marston  Road 
Quarry,  which  stops  at  the  sand-bed. 
The  strata  of  this  section  are  practically  repeated  in  a  quarry 
near  the  fourth  milestone  from  Sherborne  on  the  Bristol  road— 
that  is,  about  1  mile  farther  north  ;  but  at  the  time  of  my  visit 
in  1891,  the  quarry  was  almost  filled  in,  and  not  fit  for  measure¬ 
ments.  About  ten  years  before  then  I  had  collected  many  fossils  from 
it.  A  little  farther  on,  on  the  right-hand  side  of  the  road,  is 
another  quarry  which  I  knew  well  at  that  time.  It  also  was  almost 
filled  in  at  my  last  visit,  but  I  could  estimate  that  it  showed  about 
9  feet  of  earthy  limestone  with  thick  partings  of  blue  clayey  marl. 
Terebratula  Eudesi ,  Oppel,  T.  cortonensis ,  S.  Buckm.,  and  RJiyn- 
chonella  Forbesi ,  Dav.,  with  numerous  Belemnites ,  are  the  chief  fossils 
found — T.  cortonensis  especially.  Lioceras  concavum  is  very  rare. 
About  |  mile  south-east  from  here  is  a  quarry  on  the  edge  of 
Pointington  Down,  just  below  ‘  Seven  Sisters,’  with  a  similar 
section,  8  feet  thick.  The  fauna  is  similar;  Terebratula  Eudesi 
is  very  fine.  Poor  specimens  of  the  Lioceras  concccvum-type  are 
fairly  frequent,  and  one  Sonninia  submarginata  was  obtained. 
This  section  and  that  on  the  Bristol  road  evidently  show  strata 
deposited  during  the  discitce  and  concavi  hemerse ;  but  it  is 
curious  that  I  cannot  record  any  Hyperliocerata  from  either.  At 
the  Bristol  Road  Quarry,  in  stones  in  the  soil  at  the  top,  there  is 
evidence  of  species  of  a  hemera  later  than  that  of  cliscites ;  while  the 
greater  abundance  of  Lioceras  concavum- forms  at  Pointington  Down 
impels  me  to  consider  that  quarry  lower  than  the  one  on  the  Bristol 
road.  I  cannot  say  what  gap  there  may  be  between  it  and  the 
topmost  bed  of  Holway  Hill — the  ‘  limestone  with  Belemnites  ’ : 
and,  working  back  to  Sherborne,  I  am  unable  to  show  the  junction 
in  this  district  of  the  ringens- beds  with  those  containing  concavum. 
A  quarry  at  Ambers  Hill 1  which  would  perhaps  have  settled  this 
1  A  little  knoll  capped  with  Inferior  Oolite.  It  is  coloured  £  Sands  ’  on  the 
Geological  Survey  map,  but  is  not  named.  It  is  said  to  have  been  the  signal- 
station  between  High  Stoy  and  Glastonbury  in  the  days  of  semaphores.  It  is 
|  mile  west  of  White-post  Gate,  in  the  south-eastern  corner  of  the  cross-roads" 
