SARSEN, BASALT AND OTHER BOULDERS IN ESSEX. 195 
Blackmore End .—Outside the “ Red Cow ” is a sarsen (T 6 " x 10" X 7"). 
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Wethersfield. —ij miles on the Nashes Green Road to Braintree is a 
boulder of micaceous sandstone (10" X 12") and j N. of Wethersfield is a 
boulder of light grey limestone, [s.] 
Radwintev , etc. cf. North Essex. 
N.E. ESSEX {EAST OF THE BLACKWATER.) 
The following boulders have been noted in this area :— 
Great Totham .—There is a large sarsen on entering the village from 
Tiptree Heath. The gravel pits near the Post Office have yielded moderate 
sized blocks of sarsen, flint and quartzite, [s.] 
Tiptree Heath .—Small sarsen. [s.] 
Kelvedon. —Sarsens, cf. T. V. Holmes Geology in the Field. Part I. p. 57. 
Stanway .— c.f. J. Brown’s papers previously quoted. 
Colchester .—Two large well-rounded boulders are to be seen by Green’s 
fish-shop, opposite the Post Office. The Church Tower on Hythe Hill 
has several boulders built into it. [s.] In the inner court of the Castle 
are several igneous boulders 12" to 18" long, probably from old 
foundations, [c..] 
Great Clacton .—Sarsen (4 ' X 3' X T). 
Between Bures and Chappel .—By the road are five sarsens near a pond. 
Chappel , in village street two sarsens. [c.] 
Ardleigh “ Crown .”—By a farm near a sand pit to the south of the 
“ Crown ” are a few small sarsens. 
Colne Engaine .—In this district the late rector the Rev. H. T. Armfield, 
M.A., has noticed several boulders (op. cit.). He describes them as being 
“ very hard, very heavy and generally grey in colour,” and states that those 
which he examined were all of the same character. As he includes Ingate- 
stone and Pleshy in his list of localities they are all probably sarsen. 
In addition to these places he mentions the following :— 
(a.) In front of Parley Beans Farmyard on the road from Colne to 
Halstead, where two boulders occur one being 6T1" x 6' T X n ,/ . 
(b.) At the S.E. corner of Twinstead Churchyard 3' 11" above ground 
and 3' below by 3' 4" X T. apparently mammilated. Other 
stones occur at Bulmer. 
(c.) Gestingthorpe. In the middle of a field is a boulder 6' 4" X 
5' 2" X T 8"). Others occur about the village, one by the church 
being T 9" x 2' x T. 
(d.) Little Maplestead. On the way to Gestingthorpe is a boulder 
2' 4" x T 5" X T 3" (exposed.) 
(e). Colne Engaine. Three boulders are recorded from this village, 
the largest being 3' 2" X 2' X i|". 
(f.) Pebmarsh. Inside Mr. Stuart’s gate is a boulder. 
(g.) Lamarsh. Near the church is an upright boulder. 
(h.) High Easter and East Bergholt (Suffolk) are also given as 
localities for boulders. 
Mr. Miller Christy and Mr. A. W. Wright report boulders from the 
following places in this district:— 
Wakes Colne .—By the gateway of the Fox and Pheasant Farm, a 
