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THE ESSEX NATURALIST
A. High Road Section. (Hinton, 1900, p. 273).
A.O.D. Thickness Lithology
44'
42'
40'
39'
35'
34'
31'
26'
1-4' 'Trail'.
1-4' Sandy loam, more argillaceous in places.
9"-T Shell bed, inconstant, containing numer-
ous shells, also bones of Bos primigenius.
4' Sandy loam.
6"-l' Shell bed, resting on the eroded surface
of the bed below.
1-5' Buff-coloured loam and marl, with race ;
somewhat sandy (Bone-bed).
5' White sand with a few shells.
B. Uphall Pit Section. (Dawkins, 1867, pp. 92-3; Phillips,
1871, pp. 470-1).
A.O.D. Thickness Lithology
30'
3' Soil.
27'
20'
7' Contorted gravel and brickearth with
race = 'Trail' or 'Uncallow'. The
pebbles in this deposit have their long
axes vertical.
5' Sandy loam with shells, race and bones.
The famous Ilford "Elephas primi-
genius" skull was found in this horizon.
6' Yellow-white 'waved' sands, with shells
and bones in upper part (Corbicula
sands).
The "Rhinoceros leptorhinus" skull
horizon.
15'