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THE KIRMINGTON DEPOSITS. 
In connection with the forthcoming meeting of the British 
Association, Mr. J. W. Stather and the present writer, re- 
cently paid a visit to Kirmington, in Lincolnshire, to inspect 
the pit which it is proposed to visit in September. The 
brick yard in the village is being worked by Mr. Harvey, the 
son of the man who gave ns assistance when we were working 
in the pit 17 or 18 years ago. 
The clay for brick making seems to be excavated in a 
somewhat haphazard fashion, and the removal of the gravel 
from the top of the clay, and an occasional excavation for the 
sand beneath it (presumably for building purposes), have left 
the brickyard in a somewhat untidy condition. While there 
is no clear section from the sand up to the boulder clay in 
any one part, there are one or two which give nearly the 
entire sequence, and at one side of the pit the thin bed of boulder 
clay is clearly in position, though covered by material thrown 
up when excavating. 
Perhaps the best section occurs where sand is being re- 
moved at the present time. This reveals : — 
Surface soil containing large flint cannon 
shot gravel, possibly thrown from 
previous excavations ... 
Grey laminated stoneless clay 
Flaky peat, with numerous remains of 
reeds, etc. 
Tough lacustrine clay, with joints stained 
by iron ... 
Descending into sandy clay, and then — 
Fine, ferruginous, sharp sand with flint 
fragments (these evidently frost - 
cracked).... 
4 feet. 
8 feet. 
6 inches. 
10 inches. 
4 feet. 
In one part of the section which had been worked out, 
the thin bed (1 foot) of boulder clay of the Hessle type, foxy- 
red in colour and rather friable, with few boulders, is seen. 
It yielded syenite, Cheviot porphyrite, and jasper. 
Crossing the road to the north in the village, behind 
what is labelled as a ‘ knacker -yard ’ is a section which 
shows 3 feet of loose, foxy-red boulder clay, resting upon 10 
feet of coarse, compact, flint gravel. This gravel is re- 
markable from the fact that it is very hard and difficult to 
quarry, and consists almost entirely of water-worn flints, 
so rounded as to give the name ‘ cannon shot gravel/ Among 
them are occasionally pebbles of quartzite, lidianstone, and 
other foreign material. 
The upper part of this gravel has occasionally pipes, and the 
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