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The locality of the forest marble may be known in many part of the narrow district which it occupies by the common use, in the villages, of the coarse large flag-stones and rough state which it produces the cottage gardens are fenced with these flags, set on edge, in many of the villages near the quarries. The stone is imbedded in clay; the pits, frequently hold water. The soil over this stratum is not of the best quality, being of the kind called woodland soil, frequently wet and difficult to cultivate; hence much of it is in wood, or has lately been so. Its course is marked by the forest of Wichwood, and the forests, in Northamptonshire. It frequently rises to higher land than the cornbash, and sometimes clings so close to the great oolyte as to form part of the same hill, and in some cases is not easily distinguished from it. [45]
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Bibliography
Smith, William. A Memoir to the Map and Delineation of Strata of England and Wales. London: John Cary, 1815.
Created 11 September 2018