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of Flaxley Abbey is composed of Ludlow Sandstones, which 
are seen at several places to the east and south-east of the 
house, where they dip in an east-north-easterly direction. Hence 
as one approaches the great fault separating these beds from the 
Trias they are sharply turned over as represented below 
S. of Church . Deer Park. 
SECTION E THROUGH FLAXLEY DEER PARK. 
(Horiz. scale, 6 inches = 1 mile.) 
O.R.S. Old Red Sandstone. W.S. Wenlock Shale. 
D. Downton Sandstone. T. Trias. 
L. Ludlow Beds. FF. Fault. 
W.L. Wenlock Limestone. 
(Section E). Just behind the Flaxley Sunday School is a 
quarry in the brown fossiliferous Ludlow sandy shales showing 
much squeezing and contortion, and the Trias lies a few yards 
farther to the east. 
The main road close by shows Ludlow Sandstones with 
calcareous layers in one bank and Old Red Sandstone dipping 
45 0 east-north-east in the other, and so passing below the 
Ludlow beds. The road itself no doubt passes over the 
Downtonian Sandstones. 
In the extreme north at Clifford’s Mesne is a quarry, to be 
described later, where Downton Sandstone is seen to rest on 
hard grey Ludlow Sandstones, these latter beds being quite 
unlike the topmost beds of Ludlow age seen in the southern 
part of the area. 
7. DOWNTON SANDSTONE. 
The Downtonian beds are exposed in two localities, the one 
in the extreme north of the area near Clifford’s Mesne and the 
other in the south of the area by the roadside and in the railway 
cutting to the west of Blaisdon. 
