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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12961265145).jpg 450 <br> PKOCEEDIKGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY <br> deposit is met with the position of which however is essentially <br> different from that found at Broomhill From a careful survey which <br> Plan of Gravel Hill Brandon <br> 4// <br> + Gravel-pits ” Height 90-62 feet from A to B taken from the level of the <br> river Distance from the river 78 chains <br> I have lately made it is found to be 91 feet above the river and very <br> nearly a mile distant from it at the nearest point ; it comprises an <br> area of from thirty to forty acres occupying the summit of a hill <br> overlooking an extensive sandy plain which at a short distance <br> merges in the great level of the fens The bed of gravel here is <br> usually not more than 10 feet in thickness and often less resting im- <br> mediately upon the chalk ; and as at Broomhill the implements are <br> usually found at the bottom of it and occasionally they lie upon the <br> chalk As regards its composition however no less than its position <br> this gravel differs greatly from that found at Brandon; the nodules <br> of flint are not so large there is very httle of the broken chalk and <br> the mass of the overlying sand is much less <br> By far the larger proportion perhaps three-fourths of the whole <br> mass of gravel consists of rounded quartzites and a few jasper- <br> pebbles while at Broomhill the proportion of these is hardly a <br> thirtieth part of the whole In some spots indeed these pebbles <br> form a compact mass with hardly a single flint ; and under one <br> of these at a depth of 6 feet I procured a very well-shaped implement <br> The implements here are not generally stained of so deep a colour as <br> those at Broomhill; and while many of them are of very coarse <br> workmanship and much worn and broken others are of excellent <br> forms and as sharp and fresh as when flrst made <br> LaJcenheath ” The next deposit which I have examined is at Laken- <br> heath Suffolk distant three miles from the left bank of the river <br> It is found on some high ground known as the Broom between <br> Lakenheath and Eriswell and is at about the same height above the <br> river and of the same character as that at Gravel Hill from which it <br> is separated only by a shallow valley These hills are only two <br> miles and a half apart and the beds which now cap them were 36103333 111288 51125 Page 450 Text v 25 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36103333 1869 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 25 1869 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36103333 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36103333 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-03-06 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12961265145 2015-08-26 14 58 35 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1869 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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