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fragments. The fossils mentioned by Dr. IN^icholson* were 
found, not in conglomerate, but in beds above it, wbicli 
Professor Harkness and tlie geological survej^ors place in 
the carboniferous series, f 
The limestone is not generally found superimposed directly 
upon this mass of conglomerate, but beds of an intermediate 
texture and composition intervene, as will be hereafter shown, 
so that, supposing this conglomerate to be of old red sand- 
stone age, it is difficult to determine where the line between 
the two systems shall be drawn. 
I will now proceed to describe briefly the various locali- 
ties where these conglomerates are met with. 
1. Kirkhy Lonsdale and Barhon. — Here the conglomerate 
rests unconformably upon silurian grits and shales — the 
Kirkby Moor flags, the equivalents of the upper Ludlow. It 
is well seen on the banks of the Lune, near Kirkby Lonsdale 
church, where it appears as a very coarse, thick-bedded con- 
glomerate, apparently dipping in the same direction as the 
carboniferous limestone (S.E.) which may be seen a little 
lower down the river. The conglomerate is, however, 
bounded on alj sides by faults and cannot be actually traced 
upwards into the limestone. 
About two miles further IN", it is exposed on the banks of 
a small brook which flows W. into the Lune. It is here, in 
many places, decomposed on the surface, and might be easily 
mistaken for recent drift. 
It can also be examined in Barbon Beck, near the railway 
station, where the fault which throws down the limestone to 
the E. can be well seen. This Barbon conglomerate is, like 
the preceding, bounded by faults. 
2. Sedhergli. — Here a mass of conglomerate, two or three 
miles in length, occupies the valley of the Rawthy. Two 
* Essay on the Geologj- of Cumberland and Westmoreland, 18G8. 
+ Memoirs of the Geological Survey. Sheet xcviii. 
