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diagonal system of joints ; it is 30 feet or more in thickness, and in 
certain parts contains great quantities of fossils, especially gasteropoda. 
The Staintoudale Cliffs to the south of this are composed entirely 
of the Estuarine Series of the Lower Oolite, with the three marine 
divisions of the Eller Beck Bed, the Millepore Bed, and the Grey 
Limestone Series. The Middle Estuarine Series between the Grey 
Limestone and the Millepore Bed is particularly rich in plant remains ; 
while the sandstones below this also contain a good number, more 
especially Equisetites and the roots of plants in a vertical position. 
It is in these beds that the Oolite coals occur which have been worked 
to some extent inland, but they are not of any thickness on the coast. 
The marine bands of the Millepore Bed and the Grey Limestone 
come to the shore on either side of Cloughton Wyke, where they form 
conspicuous reefs which can be examined at low water. Between this 
point and Scarborough the coast is formed by the sandstones of the 
Upper Estuarine Series ; the cliffs, being mostly composed of glacial 
gravel, are not of very much interest or variety. 
