TRANSACTIONS
OF THE
HULL
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
BOULDER COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
August, 1900.
By Mr. Thos. SHEPPARD, F.G.S.
BURSTWICK GRAVEL PIT, HOI.DERNESS. Shap granite, 8" by
6". Rhomb-porphyry, 4" by 4":
By Mr. J. W. STATHER, ,F.G.S.
ATWICK. At the foot of cliffs. Shap granite, 18" by 20"
by I4". Augite-syenite (Larvikite) 18" by 18" by I2". Rhomb-porphyry.
Several pebbles.
FORDON ON THE WOLDS. 250 feet O.D. Gneiss, 24" by 12"
by 12", Basalt, 30" by 24" by 24"; planed on one side. Carboniferous
sandstone, 24" by 12" by 12".
KIRKMOORGATE, near ROBIN HOODS BAY. 600 feet O.D.
Rhomb-porphyry, 7" by 4" by 4". Also two smaller pebbles of same.
PEAKE, YORKSHIRE COAST. 6oo feet O.D. In thick glacial
gravel quarry above the Railway Station. Shap granite, 18" by 15" by I2".
Rhomb-porphyry; four small boulders.
RUNSWICK BAY. (I) Shap granite. 30" by 24". On beach
near village. (2) Do. 66" by 48" by 36". Ditto. (3) Brockram, I2" by 8'2 (4)
Magnesian Limestone, 6o" by 48" by 36" (5) Shap granite, 24" by 24" by 18".
(6) Shap granite, 48" by 36". (7) Shap granite, 24" by 48". This group, with
probably many others, occurs in the bed of the largest of the four or five
becks which run into the bay.
SPEETON: Shap granite, 12" by 8" by 8".
STUMP HOWE. 8 miles west of
JNO. W. STATHER, HON. SECRETARY,
