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THE SPITTAL AT FILEY BRIG. 
On March 30th, taking advantage of a particularly low 
tide, Mr, F. Gerald Simpson, of the Yorkshire Roman An- 
tiquities Committee, invited the present writer to make a 
preliminary survey of the seaweed-covered ridge extending 
from the south side of Filey Brig. We were early on the 
Plan of Filey Brig with suggested Piers, etc., from Knox’s 4 Eastern 
Yorkshire.’ 
ground, and were joined by Mr. J. W. Stather, F.G.S., of 
Hull, and Dr. Trving, of Scarborough. 
While awaiting the receding waters, an opportunity was 
afforded of viewing the Spittal in relation to the geological 
and geographical features of the district. At the outset, it 
was apparent that it could have no direct geological connexion 
with the Brig proper : its position, if contemporary with the 
Brig, could only be accounted for on the assumption of a 
* fault ’ or other disturbance. Fortunately, the remarkably 
clear and unbroken ridge of rock forming the Brig showed 
conclusively that no such feature could exist.* 
* Some of these details have already appeared in The Yorkshire Post. 
1922 Aug.-Sept. 
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