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QUARRIES NEAR HORSHAM. 
On Wivelsfield common, about 5 miles to the 
south-east of Cuckfield, a thin bed of the Tilgate 
stone, containing carbonized vegetables, occurs be- 
neath a ferruginous friable sandstone ; and near 
Lindtield a calciferous sandstone, more calcareous 
than that of the forest, is quarried on the estate of 
Mr. Crawford : in both localities bones of reptiles 
have been noticed. 
Approaching Horsham, we find numerous quar- 
ries of sandstone along the southern edge of the 
forest, and on many farms and villages in the 
vicinity of the town, as Stammerham, Coltstaple, 
Southwater, Slinfold, Broadbridge, Strood,Nuthurst, 
Oakhurst, Warnham, &c. ; and atWisborough Green, 
Skiff Common, Headfold Wood, and Loxwood, ten 
miles farther westward, and the extreme point of 
the Wealden formation in Sussex. The most con- 
siderable quarry in the vicinity of Horsham, is that 
of Stammerham, two and a half miles to the south- 
M^est of that town, and of which the following is a 
section : — 
Feet. In. 
1. Clay and loam - - - 10 0 
2. Calci/e?'ous sa?zdsfo?ie; surface deeply 
undulated (prov. rough causeway) - 0 4 
3. The same stone, but more indurated, 
in two layers, used for repairing the roads, 
(prov. scrubstone) - - - 1 4 
4. Ferruginous sandstone ; pulverized 
for bricks - - - - 1 0 
5. Blue soapy marl - - - 1 6 
6. Hard calciferous grit, used for roads. 
