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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12960623404).jpg PALEOLITHIC IMPLEMENTS AT CRAYFORD <br> 547 <br> has been repeatedly noticed in <br> the Geological Society's Jour- <br> nal I shall not further de- <br> scribe it <br> This gravel contains palaeo- <br> lithic implements Some years <br> ago I found a hache in situ <br> in it on Dartford Heath which <br> is now in the British Museum ; <br> and this has been followed by <br> Mr C C S Fooks of The <br> Bowman's Lodge Dartford <br> Heath obtaining last year <br> another from the same gravel <br> not quite so deep however <br> and about 25 feet further <br> south I have found a few <br> flakes all bearing a general <br> resemblance to each other in <br> mineral character; and it is <br> from this gravel that I believe <br> some of the flakes that have <br> been found in the brick-earths <br> below have been derived <br> It appears that the river <br> afterwards left this level and <br> descended not less than 180 <br> feet perhaps more than 200 <br> cutting a deep channel of which <br> the cliff in my first section <br> fig \ is a result When at <br> its lowest the river must have <br> been comparatively a small <br> one The river then began to <br> rise slowly until the Avater <br> attained if it did not exceed <br> its old supremacy <br> It was during this rise that <br> the brick-earths were deposited <br> some of which containing ele- <br> phant remains have been found <br> resting on chalk in the bed of <br> the Thames in Erith Eands <br> about forty feet below the <br> datum line <br> Then the water retreated <br> again washing away much of <br> I <br> g <br> b <br> § <br> J <br> S <br> o <br> i <br> o <br> - V <br> ¢ <br> S <br> o <br> M <br> n <br> <br> 1 <br> CD <br> O <br> o <br> P <br> ¢ <br> CD <br> O't- <br> – <br> <br> – l <br> t <br> c <br> o <br> t-J <br> s <br> <br> p <br> 5 <br> <br> - <br> I <br> CD <br> <br> to <br> o <br> r <br> 107 ft <br> O <br> <br> 1 ” I <br> Of <br> S§ <br> B <br> Pigurod in Mr J Evans's 'An- <br> cient Stone Implements ' p 532 <br> 2l'2 36090938 111264 51125 Page 547 Text 36 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36090938 1880 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 36 1880 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36090938 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36090938 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 N02/12960623404 2015-08-26 15 53 52 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1880 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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