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limestone — cream-coloured, but with a pinkish tinge. They are 
comparable with beds 18 and 19 at Tetbury, 1 and possibly with 
bed [5] of Farley Down. 
Judging by what has been written on the Great Oolite of 
the country between Bradford-on-Avon and Bath, the beds 
occupying the stratigraphical position of those between [2] and 
[6] at Farley Down vary considerably from place to place. 
Thus, following his description of the sequence at Farley Down 
(that reproduced above), H. B. Woodward remarks 
" The details vary from place to place, and in the escarpment below 
the monument on Farley Down, we find the Roof-bed to be very irregular, 
and to be surmounted in places by marly beds, with an impersistent 
Coral-bed, 2 to 10 feet thick. This Coral-bed was noticed by Lonsdale; 
and it has been observed by Mr. R. F. Tomes at this locality, and also 
on Combe Down. The Corals appear to have been drifted, and they 
include Anabacia complanata, Calamophyllia ( Eunomia ) radiata, Convex- 
astroea Waltoni, Isastrcea limitata, Latunaa ndra, Microsolena excelsa, 
Montlivaltia caryophyllata, Oroseris Slatteri, Stylina Ploti, and Thamnas- 
trcea. 2 Sponges also occur in the Coral-bed. Their occurrence was noted 
at ‘ Ancliff ’ by Lonsdale, and on Bathampton Down by Moore . 3 
Lonsdale has also referred to the bed that * after long exposure to the 
weather often acquires a cavernous appearance, similar to that which is 
called ‘ rustic work’ by architects.’ ” 4 
On Bathampton Down H. B. Woodward states 5 : — 
“ We find in the uppermost beds, traces of Bradford Clay fossils. 6 
Moore has stated 7 that fragments of Apiocrinus Parkinsoni, species of 
Echini, Ostrea and many Brachiopoda occur in the Coral-bed, which is 
separated from the freestone beds of the Great Oolite by 5 feet of compact 
grey limestone yielding Lima cardiiformis, Trichites, Lithodomi, Polyzoa, 
and many Corals, and is overlaid by 4 or 5 feet of thin-bedded oolite.” 
The corals at Shipton Moyne also occur about 5 feet above 
the top of the freestone (e), and the intervening rocks — as at 
Farley and Bathampton Downs — include decidedly grey lime- 
stone. Bed (d) of Shipton Moyne may be compared with bed 
[6] ( b ) of Farley Down. 
1 rrocs xix., p. 58. 
2 R. F. Tomes, Q.J.G.S. , vol. xli. (1885), pp. 174, 189. 
3 C. Moore, The Geologist, vol. iii. (i860), p. 440. 
4 H. B. Woodward, The Jurassic Rocks of Britain, etc., vol. iv. (1894), p. 264. 
6 Ibid., pp. 264-65. 
6 S. H. Reynolds and A. Vaughan noticed that the upper beds of the Great Oolite on the 
South Wales Direct Line had a fauna resembling that of the Bradford Clay. — Q.J.G.S., vol. Iviii. 
(1902), pp. 745-46. Beds 4-16 (inch) at Tetbury and Shipton Moyne are probably equivalent 
^o their groups D, E, F. 
7 C. Moore, The Geologist, vol. iii. (i860), p. 443. 
