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VII.—The Upper Trias of Leicestershire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

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The Dane Hill Sandstone Group, as we propose to distinguish the higher of the two series of Upper Keuper sandstones, since it is well developed in the neighbourhood of the Dane Hills at Leicester, is well exposed in a little quarry at Ashleigh House. Here the highest part of the series is seen, with thin beds of flaggy marl and calcareous White or Green Marl, overlying a series of thick-bedded, currentbedded sandstones, of white colour, loose and friable, but hardening on exposure. The section has been described by Browne (1893), but at present is exposed to show a better sequence (see next page).

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1913

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page 114 note 1 Along the top of this quarry run two beds of skerry which above show white marl made up of kaolinized minerals at 800 feet.

page 118 note 1 Except near Gotham.