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Elloiighton gravels were deposited on the shores of this hike or not 
we connot at present say. 
There is another interesting gravel pit (Mr. Prescott's) on the" 
low ground abont a mile to the west of Elloughton. The gravel here 
is from 10 to 15 feet high, and is beautifully current-bedded, the 
most prominent beds dipping towards the south-east at an angle of 
about 45°. (See Fig. 2, Plate xxxviii.) 
*' The gravel is a drift gravel generally, i.e., there is no filling in 
between the stones," and is composed principally of large flat pebbles 
of Millepore Limestone, with rounded edges. This limestone occurs 
in situ a few hundred yards to the north (the " Cockle " Pits), and 
a similar distance to the south, viz., at the foot of Mill Hill. It is 
also ex])osed on the Humber-bank adjacent Chalk, Oolitic and 
Liassic pebbles and fossils are also found in the gravel. 
So far as I am aware, no mammalian remains have been obtained 
from this gravel. In June, 1895, the quarrymen informed me that 
the core of a " cow's horn " had been picked out of some gravel 
which had been dug from a depth of 10 feet. Although I visited the 
place the same week, the horn could not be found, having been mis- 
placed. I think, however, that this belonged to a comparatively 
speaking recent animal, and is of a date posterior to that of the 
formation of the gravel ; especially having regard to the fact that a 
human skeleton and ornaments of British workmanship have been 
found in the upper part of this section. f 
This gravel differs from that on Mill Hill, in occasionally con- 
taining small pieces of wood. They are generally flat pieces, as 
though broken from a decayed tree, and are found at all depths. One 
bit, about five inches square and an inch thick, which, though greatly 
cracked, is very well preserved, was found lying on the top of a bed 
of sand at a depth of twelve feet. 
With regard to the relative ages of the gravels just described, 
of course it is obvious enough that the bone-bearing gravel at the 
base of the section at Mill Hill, which consists of large blocks of 
* No doubt the same pit as is referred to in '* Geology of parts of N. Lines, 
and S. Yorks." (Geol. Survey Memoir), 1890, p. 146, par. 4. 
t I am hoping to give an account of the objects of antiquarian interest, 
found in this and the Mill Hill Pit, in a future paper. 
