The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine (1890) (14593740570)

Identifier: wiltshirearchaeo2518godd (find matches)
Title: The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Goddard, Edward Hungerford, 1854- Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. Proceedings
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: (Devizes, Eng. : The Society)
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



Text Appearing Before Image:
FullercB Grc SferMo a C
Text Appearing After Image:
By W. Reward Bell, F.G.S. 83 I will now try to trace the events which led to the covering upof these older rocks, and resulted in their becoming the BuriedRocks of Wiltshire (shown in Section C). Eventually in that part of the Continent, where our Islands nowstand, several large salt lakes were formed, which were graduallyenlarged until they became inland seas, like the Caspian; at thebottom of these seas or lakes were laid down the great beds of salt,which we find to this day in Cheshire and Worcestershire; butno salt is found in Wilts or Somerset. The Mendips stood out asan island in this lake or sea, and round their flanks the shores ofthe sea formed shingle beaches, which, during the lapse of ages,becoming conglomerates, still bear silent witness to the very differentaspect they bore in that bye-gone time, while further from thoseshores sand and marl were deposited which are now the lowestneozoic strata in Wilts and Somerset, and are represented by thelowest beds in the series on