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ME.  S.  S.  BUCKMAN  ON  THE  BAJOCIAN 
[Nov.  1893, 
point  is  now  entirely  grassed  over.  Two  points,  however,  are 
certain  from  the  sections  described,  and  from  those  to  he  given— a 
Y0 great  increase  m  the  thickness  of  the  strata  deposited  during 
the  concavi  and  discitce  hemerse,  and  an  entire  change  in  litholo¬ 
gical  conditions  in  the  Sherborne  compared  with  the  Bradford  area. 
Two  and  three-quarter  miles  south-west  by  south  from  ‘  Seven 
Sisters  9  lies  the  quarry  of  Sandford  Lane.  It  has  generally  been 
known  as  £  Combe  Quarry/  a  name  also  given  to  other  quarries  near. 
The  workmen  of  the  district  now  confine  the  name  ‘  Combe  Quarry  9 
to  one  nearer  Sherborne,  and  distinguish  this  one  as  c  Sandford  Lane/ 
an  appellation  which  it  is  advisable  to  adopt.  It  gives  the  following 
section  : — 
Section  IX. — Sandford  Lane  Quarry  ( Combe ).  Prom  Sherborne 
Abbey  1  mile  1  furlong  N.N.'W. 
Feet.  Inches. 
Garantiancs. 
Sauzei 
& 
Witchellice. 
E.  1.  Irregularly-arranged  limestone  in  masses, 
with  earthy  marl  intermixed.  Lime¬ 
stone-lumps  with  clusters  of  Aulaco- 
thyris  ‘  Meriani  var./  7  feet  6  inches 
above  Bed  2.  ‘  Perisphinctes  tripli¬ 
cate  ’  (Quenstedt),  4  feet  3  inches 
above  Bed  2  .  12  0 
F.  2.  Limestone  in  fairly  large  blocks  .  5  0 
3.  Sandy  limestone  with  Farkinsonia,  n.  sp.1  1  4 
4.  Five  courses  of  grey  limestone  with  sandy 
partings.  Clusters  of  Terebratula  sphce- 
roidaiis  in  the  third  from  the  top  .  ,5  0 
5.  Dark-brown,  sandy  limestone  in  several 
layers.  Ao  fossils  found  .  2  3 
J  6.  The  ‘  Fossil  Bed.’  A  single  bed  of 
&  hard  oolitic  limestone.  Where  not 
E\  protected  by  overlying  strata  it  splits 
into  two  fairly  equal  portions,  of  which 
the  bottom  part  is  mostly  greyish- 
green  with  enclosed  lumps  of  a  green¬ 
grained,  white  marl,  and  the  upper 
part,  especially  the  top  4  or  5  inches, 
is  brown  and  dark.  Where  protected 
bv  overlying  strata,  as  in  the  north 
end,  the  rock  is  one  solid  bed,  coloured, 
etc.  thus : —  Inches. 
J  a.  Greyish-brown,  ironshot  ...  4 
K  b.  Blue,  oolitic,  ironshot  in 
places  ;  the  blue  colour  not 
in  the  neighbourhood  of  the 
joints  . .  7 
c.  Grey-green  oolitic  limestone 
with  enclosed  lumps  of 
green-grained  white  marl  .  6 
d.  Dirty  brown,  rather  soft, 
sandy  stone  without  fossils  4 
Total  1  9 
(The  top  of  the  bed  is  planed  off  quite 
smooth,  and  is  remarkably  level.) 
7.  Sand  . . .  1 
1  The  same  species  is  found  at  Louse  Hill  in  Bed  3. 
