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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12513180364).jpg But the pit requires further search especially as the <br> workmen were not present on the occasion of my visit <br> I found however in bed a a rude flint implement ; but whether <br> derived from the surface or peculiar to bed a I could not positively <br> say It was at a depth of 1 foot from the surface Its type is not <br> sufficiently distinctive to indicate its age <br> I have not yet succeeded in tracing this old shingle-beach further <br> westward where it is desirable to determine its exact position in <br> relation to the several gravels of the South-Hampshire area <br> There can be no mistake made about the character of the shingle <br> It is not so rounded as the Tertiary flint-pebbles which can be <br> readily distinguished amongst it while it is far more worn than <br> the subangular gravel ac the base of the hill In places there are <br> signs of disturbance as though from the effects of ice-action ” a <br> feature which would be in accordance with the presence of the <br> great transported foreign boulders found in the marine gravel of <br> Selsea and with the chalk boulders in the Chichester sea-beach <br> While on this subject I may mention another point of interest <br> connected with this area which I noticed on the same occasion <br> Flint implements have been found at various places and at various <br> elevations in the Hampshire basin ” amongst others in the valley <br> of the Avon near Fordingbridge at an elevation of about 40 feet <br> above the river f Five mUes north of Fordingbridge is the village <br> of Downton On the hiU immediately east of the village is Packham <br> Common now enclosed ; and on the right hand of the road leading <br> from Redlinch to Standlinch Down and passing by the north-east <br> corner of the former common is a small chalk-pit see fig 1 capped <br> Fig 1 ” Section on East side of the Valley of the Avon <br> Distance 1 mile <br> Eiver Avon Downton <br> 117 feet 144 feet to 183 feet 266 feet to 298 feet Pit 320 feet <br> level <br> by ochreous gravel This consists as usual of subangular flints and a <br> few pebbles of quartz with some worn fragments of iron-sandstone <br> and flint pebbles from the adjacent Tertiary strata It reposes upon <br> a worn and furrowed surface of the chalk and is from 2 to 7 feet <br> thick A portion of this bed had slipped down ; and on examining <br> the talus for the constituent parts of the gravel I found a small flint <br> Evans Quart Journ Geol Soc 1864 vol xx p 188 <br> t Codrington ibid vol xxti p 537 34984982 108770 51125 Page 39 Text v 28 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/34984982 1872 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 28 1872 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 34984982 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/34984982 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-14 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12513180364 2015-08-27 09 59 27 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1872 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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