Hornsea : Its Mere and Coastline. 



profusion — the coppices being carpeted with the blues and 

 reds of the hyacinth and campion, whilst on the water's marge 

 the yellow of the fading kingcups and the young iris form a; 

 brilliant spectacle, relieved by the last of the beautiful white 

 blossoms of the buckbean. 



The ornithologists found plenty of scope for work round the 

 Mere, and manj^ excellent photographs of bird life were secured- 

 The entomologists, under the guidance of Mr. G. T. Porritt, 

 were not so successful, the strong wind being a disadvantage. 



On Sunday the party was augmented by fresh arrivals^ 

 and principally confined its attention to the mere. 



Phcto by\ [F. Appleyard. 



Lacustrine Deposit and Peat Bed at Skipsea. 



On Monday the party was reinforced by some forty members 

 from various parts of the county. 



The geologists first visited the pre-historic mound and earth- 

 works at Skipsea Brough, which are considered to be the finest 

 of their kind in the north of England. The central mound is 

 70 feet in height, and is surrounded by a series of earthworks 

 and ditches, the largest of which is seventy feet high and half 

 a mile long. From the top of the central mound, the structure 

 v^'as described by the Union's Secretary, who stated that, in 

 his opinion, it was at the very least two thousand years old. 

 In Norman times the site was occu|)ied by Drogo de Bevere— 

 a follower of William the Conquerer — who erected a keep of 



1908 August I. 



