ADAMSON : THE YORKSHIRE BOULDER COMMITTEE. 



37. — Seamer. 



GROUP. 



In the parish of Seamer, near Scarborough (N. Riding) ; about 

 three miles S.S.W. of Scarborough, and about two miles S.E. of 

 Seamer village, and close to Seamer Junction (N.E.R.), on the estate 

 of Lord Londesborough. 



No. 



I. 



I 



ft. X 



9 in. X 6 in. 



Red Granite. 





2. 



2 



ft. 6 



in. X I ft. 10 in. X I ft. 4 in. 



Shap Granite. 



55 



3- 



T 



ft. X 



I ft. X 9 in. 



5) 



5? 



4- 



I 



ft. 6 



in. X I ft. X 9 in. 



55 



?> 



5- 



I 



ft. 2 



in. X I ft. X 8 in. 



55 



5 J 



6. 



I 



ft. 8 



in. X I ft. 6 in. x 9 in. 



55 



53 



7- 



I 



ft. 6 



in. X I ft. 2 in. x 8 in. 



Mica Schist. 



55 



8. 



I 



ft. 6 



in. x I ft. 6 in. x i ft. 6 in. 



Red Schist. 



All are rounded ; they have been moved, but were obtained from the 

 Seamer Gravel Drift ; no striae or groovings are visible ; about 200 ft. 

 above sea-level. The Gravel Drift of Seamer overlies the Coralline 

 Oolite. 



REPORT UPON BOULDERS IN THE GROUNDS OF THE 

 YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, YORK. 



H. M. PLATNAUER, B.Sc, F.G.S., 

 Ciirator of the Yo7-k Mnsei(ni. 



Note. — The following were obtained from the Boulder Clay that 

 was dug out when the York New Station was built, and are placed 

 about the grounds as examples of travelled boulders. 



1. Shap Granite ; irregular shape ; sm.ooth ; 2 ft. 9 in. x i ft. 10 in. 

 XII in. 



2. Shap Granite ; irregular ; parallelopiped ; rough surface ; 

 I ft. 4 in. X I ft. 4 in. X 10 in. 



3. Shap Granite ; roughly ellipsoidal ; smooth surface ; 2 ft. 2 in. 

 X I ft. I in. X I ft. 2 in. 



4. Shap Granite; irregular mass; rounded, but not smooth; 

 3 ft. I in. X 2 ft. 8 in. X I ft. 10 in. 



5. Shap Granite ; irregular oval ; smooth ; 2 ft. 9 in. x i ft. 10 in. 

 X I ft. 7 in. 



6. Whitish Limestone ; flat piece, polished and striated on one 

 side ; 3 ft. x i ft. 3 in. x 8 in. 



7. Estuarine Sandstone ; rounded mass ; i ft. 4 in. x i ft. i m. 

 X 9 in. 



8. Dark-coloured Mountain Limestone ; polished and striated ; 

 I ft. 5 in. X I ft. 2 in. X 9 in. 



Nov. 1888. 



