194 SARSEN, BASALT AND OTHER BOULDERS IN ESSEX. 
Little Dunmow. —cf. Essex. Nat., Vol. i. p. 117, where boulders in a 
fernery at “ Bouchiers ” are noted. 
Felsted. —In this district the Rev. A. Rowe has noted many boulders 
of sandstone, Herts-conglomerate, Carbonifeous limestone, Jurassic 
limestone, dolerite, basalt, etc. (op. cit., Rept. Brit. Assoc. 1888 pp 114- 
121). The largest boulders seen by him were a sandstone (77''' x 36" x 20") 
Herts-conglomerate (52" x 23" x 16"), and (52" x 42"), Carbon 
ferous limestone (2' 3" x 2' X 1' 3"). Dolerite (3' X3" X 1' 4") Mr. 
Miller Christy has noted a sandstone in situ in a gravel pit on the side of 
the river valley and also boulders of sarsen and sandstone in Absoll Park. 
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Many observers have noted the large straight sided rectangular boulder 
( 3 ' X 3' X 2') in the yard of the “ Sun Inn ” Felsted. It appears to 
consist of carboniferous limestone. Several small boulders are used to 
form the curbing opposite the Inn. These consist of sarsens, sandstones, 
Carbonifei*ous limestone, Neocomian sandstone, basalt, [s.t.c.] 
Ter ling. —Lying about the village and parish are boulders of sarsen and 
sandstone of moderate size, [c.] 
Great Baddow. —Near Chelmsford. Outside the “ Beehive " Inn is a 
sarsen 3' x T 9" X T 6" derived from the neighbouring pits where others 
occur, also quartzite boulders (10" x 6" x 6"), rhyolite (i' x 9" X 3"), 
conglomerate (2' x iY X i') containing quartz broken flint, &c., quartzite 
block to 1' (s.] cf. Proc. Geol. Soc ., Vol. xix. p. 455. 
Danbury.— Large quartzites (11" X 8") occur in the gravel here, [s.] 
THE BLACKWATER VALLEY, ETC. 
White Notley. —Conglomerate cf. Essex Nat. Vol. i. p. 8. 
Braintree. —There are several boulders in and around this town. Among 
them may be mentioned :—A conglomerate boulder at the back of the 
station (2' x 1' 6"), a sarsen by the fountain near the cattle market on the 
Fairfield Road, a fine basalt boulder by Mr. R. Knights’ Grocery Stores 
on the Booking Road, opposite the King’s Head [2' 4" x T 8" x i' 4"), 
and Herts-conglomerate and sarsens on the same road nearer the centre 
of the town, [s.] 
Booking High Street. —Outside the church are two sarsens, one rough 
and the other smooth and at the top of the hill and near the main road in 
a pit were several fair-sized boulders of quartzite, rhyolite, sandstone, 
quartz, sarsen, etc. [s.] 
Rayne .—Boulders of sarsen and basalt can be seen here, [s.] 
Stisted. —Many boulders occur in this locality and include sarsen, 
hard sarsen with plant markings, basalt (coarse and fine grained), Sand¬ 
stones, Carboniferous sandstone, etc. At the Home-farm in the park, 
Stisted Hall, are boulders of basalt (the largest) sarsen, brown sandstone, 
Neocomian sandstone, Carboniferous sandstone, [c.] 
Great Saling. —By the “ Green Man ” is a basalt boulder 
{2' 9" x 2' 5” x T 0"). [s.] 
Shalford. —By the “ George ” Inn is a boulder of Herts-conglomerate 
and in the lane leading from Shalford to Wethersfield, by a cottage, are 
boulders of basalt, etc. [s.] 
