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I.—Creechbarrow in Purbeck

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

W. H. Hudleston
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The Isle of Purbeck possesses numerous points of geological interest, and its coast scenery has been celebrated, in conjunction with that of Lulworth, by many writers and artists. The classical work of Sir Henry Englefield, assisted by Webster, in the early part of the last century, served to make known some of the most interesting features of the coast, such as are more or less obvious to all who venture to sail beneath its cliffs. Of late years the geology of the Isle of Purbeck has attracted the attention of the officers of the Geological Survey, and has come in for a considerable amount of description at the hands of H. B. Woodward, Aubrey Strahan, and Clement Reid, in their respective departments. The zones of the Chalk in this region have also been admirably described by Dr. Rowe and his coadjutors, mostly from coast sections.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 9 , Issue 6 , June 1902 , pp. 241 - 256
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1902

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page 242 note 1 Vol. xxii, p. liv.

page 244 note 1 The general structure of the Trough of Wareham is no doubt that of an undulating syncline, but owing to the softness of the Bagshot Beds accurate stratigraphy is not attainable. I am inclined to believe that the original bottom of the syncline is represented by the Plateau-gravel on Binnegar Plain, and that both the Frome and Puddle Valleys have been excavated subsequently.

page 244 note 2 Map to accompany the forthcoming paper in the Proc. Dorset Field Club.

page 245 note 1 Op. et vol. cit., p. lviii.

page 245 note 2 The valley-flat of days gone by

Becomes the plateau, high and dry:

Thus, in the cycle of the Ages

The Drifts reverse their earlier stages.

Anon.

page 246 note 1 Vol. cit., p. lix.

page 246 note 2 These figures refer to the numbering ultimately adopted.

page 248 note 1 As regards these deposits in the soil and in the semi-artificial talus, I have the following note:—Black soil with pottery, oysters, limpets, mussels, periwinkles, bones, fragments of Purbeck stone (dressed), iron sand, pieces of the hill limestone, old pipes, etc.

page 255 note 1 See p. 248.