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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12683330003).jpg 1856 <br> SALTER LONGMYND FOSSILS <br> 247 <br> series See Section fig 1 The <br> fossiliferous beds therefore are <br> fairly packed in with strata which <br> are not only distinct in mineral <br> character from any of the Llandeilo <br> flags or Lingula-beds to the west <br> of them but are unlike the upper <br> portions even of the Longmynd <br> rocks themselves <br> The transverse valleys or gut- <br> ters on the east side of the moun- <br> tain afford excellent sections Of <br> these the brooks at All Stretton <br> Church Stretton Little Stretton <br> Minton and Batch are the principal; <br> and along these rivulets the follow- <br> ing succession may be everywhere <br> observed in ascending order <br> 1 Dark-olive schists with very <br> rare lines of crystalline limestone <br> Church Stretton All Stretton Bro- <br> cards Castle c <br> 2 Harder beds often rippled <br> some felspathic alternating with <br> thin courses of dark-greenish shale <br> All Stretton Quarries the Burway <br> and Minton <br> 3 A thick series of hard and <br> greenish sandstones generally very <br> fine-grained except near the top <br> where they are flaggy rippled and <br> micaceous and contain the fossils <br> hereafter noticed These sand- <br> stones form the hills of Synold's <br> Coppice and Bodbury Ring are seen <br> at the Carding Mill the Devil's <br> Mouth Winter Hill and the ridge <br> between Round Hill and Callow <br> Hill and have been traced as far as <br> the Packet Stone above Minton <br> 4 Red slates and harder beds <br> Conspicuous above the Carding Mill <br> Church Stretton W of Yearling <br> Hill Little Stretton <br> 5 Alternating grey and red slaty <br> beds and sandstones <br> 6 Hard grey beds like No 3 <br> Light-spout Waterfall above Church <br> Stretton <br> Qq <br> <br> sq <br> o <br> §j CO <br> / <br> C <br> « « s 9 <br> o V g S <br> pq <br> S a» <br> n3 <br> si C <br> so « <br> tJT3 <br> es ea <br> See also Silurian System 1839 chap xxi p 255 and p 717 pi 32 fig 1 35338694 109655 51125 Page 247 Text v 12 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/35338694 1856 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 12 1856 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 35338694 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/35338694 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-21 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12683330003 2015-08-27 11 59 17 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1856 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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