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ADAMSOX: THE YORKSHIRE BOULDER COMMITTEE. 



Whorlton. 



Eight miles X.E. of Northallerton. 

 Ti rev (.iranite— diameter. 3 fr. : sub-angular : is striated. Rests 

 uron Lias. 250 ft- above sea-level. 



Baldersby Park. 



Five miles S.W. of Thirsk. 

 Millstone Grit — 6 ft. x 3 fr. : angular ; no striations. Rests on an 

 outlier of Lower Lias, go ft. above sea-level. 



Elmire. 

 Six miles S. of Thirsk. 

 Shap Granite — diameter, 2 ft. ; sub-angular ; no striations. Rests 

 on Keuper Sandstone, overlaid by gravel. 60 ft. above sea-level. 



^fTTT Beck. Robin Hoop's Bay — (3 Boulders). 

 Ten miles X. of Scarborough. 

 S'nap Granite — height, 2 ft. : circumference. 9 ft. ; sub-angular : 

 no striations. Rests on Lower Lias on the shore. 



Shap Granite — height, i ft.: circumference. 7-jft.; sub-angular; 

 no striations. Rests on Lower Lias on the shore. 



Shap Granite — height and circumference and other circumstances 

 exactly similar to the last-named. 



HuTTOx Moor. 



Three miles N.E. of Ripon. 

 There are a good number of erratic boulders scattered over this 

 moor, from i ft. to 3 fr. in diameter, a few of which are of Grey 

 Granite, the remainder being chiefly Millstone Grit. They all rest 

 on the Keuper Sandstone. 



LOW FIELD, NEAR FIERCEBRIDGE. 



R. TAYLOR MAXSOX, M.R.C.S.. 



Pi7 rli71£i-i171. 



Low Field is three-quarters of a mile west of Cliffe Hall near 

 Piercebridge. on the Yorkshire side of the Tees. The boulder is in 

 the hedge-side on die east side of the Field, about 200 yards from 

 the river. It is about 70 ft. above the river: 10 ft. long on front 

 face ; 7 ft. 4 in. from front to back. The boulder is sunk in the 

 ground considerably : portion visible 4 ft. above soil. Sub-angular; 

 rounded top. Long shaped — longest axis N. to S. Xo groovings ; 

 it may identify the boulder that an attempt has evidently been made 

 to break it ; holes have been cut in it witli chisels. It is Shap Fell 



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