300 
LOWER OOLITIC ROCKS OF ENGLAND : 
FT. IN. 
-2 
'r=! Freestone 
o 
2<! 
f I Stonesfield 
3 Beds. 
f Coarse shelly oolite, obliquely lami 
I nated - ... 
" | White oolitic marl 
I White argillaceous oolite 
{Grey calcareous slaty sandstone 
Brown and white sandy marl - 
Grey sandy limestone - 
South-east of Sherborne, and north of the fifth milestone on the 
high road between Northleach and Burford, the following beds 
were shown : 
FT. 
["Coarse flaggy and shelly oolite, with 
marly layers, slightly false-bedded - 
<^ Obliquely bedded freestone, coarse and 
| fine oolite in pale-buff" and brown 
[_ bands ; seen to a depth of 6 
Placunopsis socialis was the only fossil which I obtained here, 
A quarry in Sherborne Park was described by Prof. Hull.* 
FIG. 86. 
Section at the Windrush Quarries, Gloucestershire. 
(Prof. E. Hull.) 
Great Oolite 
(Lower 
Division). 
IN. 
8 
Great Oolite .' 
' 1. Loose white argillaceous limestone 
2. Parting of marly shale 
3. Thin-bedded brown calcareous 
sandstone - 
4. Yellow slaty marl - ' . 
5. Brown calcareous sandstone, very 
fossiliferous ... 
6. Yellow, brown, and white sandy 
marl, with a parting of stone 
7. Hard sandy limestone, slightly 
oolitic - 
8. Soft sandy oolite ... 
9. Marls and shales ... 
10. Fine white oolite (freestone) coming 
out in large blocks - 
IN. 
6 
6 
10 
7 
* Geol. Cheltenham, p. 57 
