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ON PREHISTORIC REMAINS RECENTLY DISCOVERED IN WENSLEYDALE. 
BY W. HORNE, LEYBURN. 
Wensleydale, in the' North' Riding of Yorkshire, extends nearly- 
east and west, with a length of about thirty miles; it is from two to 
three miles in breadth, and is one of the most fertile valleys in 
England. Yoredale was the ancient name of the valley, before the 
Saxons bnilt a church at Wensley, and gave the Saxon name, Wensley- 
dale, to it. The river retains its ancient name the Yore. The market 
town of Ley burn stands on the north side of "Wensleydale, 650 feet 
above sea level. The to^m is built upon the twelve fathoms or 
main limestone of Phillips' Yoredale series ; the beds gradually dip 
to the east. The limestone is only ten feet thick, having been 
denuded during the ice age. On the north platform of the Leyburn 
railway station there is a fine shelf of limestone rock exposed, show- 
ing strise and scratches in an easterly direction, with boulders and 
drift overlaying it. To the we.st of Leyburn the shawl is a bold 
limestone terrace, extending almost unbroken for a distance of two 
miles, gradually rising until a height is attained of 870 feet above 
sea level. The limestone at this point is about sixty feet thick, 
forming a very bold escarpment overlooking the valley, and forms the 
celebrated walk called Leyburn Shawl. The alternating limestones, 
gritstones and shales add greatly to the beauty of the district. 
About three-quarters of a mile to the west of Leyburn, and below 
the main limestone, there is a small plateau extending a hundred 
yards and varying from twenty to forty feet wide, this flat piece of 
gi^ound rests upon a thick bed of shale which is gradually slipping 
down the brow of the hill. On the face of the uppermost slip I 
made a careful search in March, 1884, when I discovered a small 
piece of bone projecting, about 2 feet 6 inches below the surface. 
The bone I removed, and to my astonishment, found a number of 
small bones, in fact the entire remains of a human foot. I communi- 
cated this discovery to the Honourable W. T. Orde Powlett, and we 
then, after a few hours work, had the satisfaction of unearthing one 
of the earliest interments of this district, of which a careful record 
