HIND : CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS OF THE PENNINE SYSTEM. 443 
E.V.ST OF SCOTLAND. 
Fife. 
Upper Group, 1,000 feet, 
with 10 to 28 feet 
limestone. 
Middle Group, Sand- 
stones, Shales, Fire- 
clays, and Coals, 
1,000 feet. 
Lower (Jroup, Hosie 
and Hurlet Lime- 
stones, 2.''.o feet, with 
20 to feet lime- 
stone. 
( "alciferons Sandstone 
Series, ;i,8(K) feet, 
with .^O feet marine 
limestones. 
Note.— Passing east in 
the Carluke ilistrict 
the limestones of the 
Upper and Lower 
Divisions thin out. 
The three beds of the 
Upper Group only 
giving 12i feet of 
limestone ; the 1.5 
beds of the Lower 
(h-oup are 34 feet 
thick, so that out of 
a total thickness of 
1,032 feet of strata 
only 40 feet are lime- 
stone. 
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We.st 01" Scotland. 
Linnspout or (Jastle 
(,'ary Limestone, 30 
feet. 
Lower Posts, 30 feet. 
Arden or Calmy Lime- 
stone, 1,5 feet.' 
Hightield or Index 
Limestone, 0 feet. 
Middle Sandstones, 
Shales with Coals 
and Ironstones, G(M» 
feet. 
Kingshaw and Kerrs- 
laiuKUen Limestone, 
7 feet. 
Hosie Limestone, 4 feet. 
Hurlet, lieith, or Mac- 
donald Howrat, 100 
to 00 feet. 
X'olcanic Series, 1,.50() 
feet. 
Calciferous Sandstone 
Series, l,500feet, with 
about 40 feet of lime- 
stone. 
Total, 2,.500 feet of 
stratified rocks, of 
which 244 feet are 
limestone. 
IV. 
North 
Northumherland. 
Upper Fell Top, 20 feet. 
Lower Fell Top, 0 feet. 
Limestone, 14 feet. 
Dryburn Limestone, or 
10 yards or Ebbs' 
Nook Limestone, 30 
feet. 
Denwick : Low Dene, 
or 8 yards, 28 feet. 
Acre or (i yards, 22 feet. 
'I'hin Limestone, 2 feet. 
8 feet. 
Kelwell and Main or 
9 yards, 27 feet. 
Several Thin Lime- 
stones. 
Oxford, or 5 yards 
l^imestone, 10 feet. 
'J'hin liimestone, 5 feet. 
Woodend, Hobberlaw, 
or 4 fathom, 1.5 feet. 
Dun or Reilesdale 
Limestone, 0 feet. 
'I'otal, 1,092 feet. 
Scremerston Coal 
Series, 998 ft. 8 in. 
Total, 2,090 feet, of 
which 240 feet are 
calcareous. 
Ill 
Weardale and 
Alston Moor. 
Fell Top Limestone, 
4 A feet. 
Little Limestone, 0 
feet. 
Great or Main Lime- 
stone, 03 feet. 
4 fathom Limestone, 
24 feet. 
3 yards Limestone, 
9 feet. 
5 yards Limestone, 
15 feet. 
Scar Limestone, 30 feet. 
( 'ockleshell Limestone, 
14 feet. 
Tyne Bottom Lime- 
stone, 24 feet. 
.lew Limestone, 24 feet. 
Little Limestone, 15 
feet. 
Smiddv Limestone, 31 
feet. 
R ( )) )i nson's Limestone, 
•.^1 feet. 
Melmerby Scar Lime- 
stone, 142 feet. 
Measures, 519 feet. 
Total, 2,082 feet, of 
which 480 feet are 
limestone. 
Wensley and Swale 
DALE.S. 
Red beds or Crow 
Limestone. 
Little Limestone. 
Main Limestone, 00 
feet. 
Under-set Limestone, 
20 feet. 
3 yards Limestone, 
?0 feet. 
5 yards Limestone, 
9 feet. 
Middle Limestone, 30 
feet. 
Simondstone Lime- 
stone, 20 to 30 feet. 
Hardraw Scar Lime- 
stone, 50 feet. 
(iayle Limestone. 
(treat Scar Limestone, 
500 feet. 
liasement beds, 10 feet. 
'i'otal, about 1,000 feet, 
of which 7.50 feet are 
limestone. 
M 
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2 
y. 
i Main Limestone, 00 
feet. 
Middle Limestone, 20 
1 feet. 
Simondstone Lime- 
[ stone, 30 feet. 
Hardraw Scar Lime- 
1 stone, 40 feet, 
i (Jreat Scar Limestone, 
; 000 feet. 
Basement beds. 
Total, 1,.590 feet, of 
which 750 feet are 
limestone. 
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