. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. i of 14 feet * Quart. Journ. Qeol. Soc, 1866, vol. xxii. p. 478. t Quart. Journ. Ucvl. tSoc, 18G1, vol. xvii. p. 303. % Flint Chips, p. 43. BURY ST. EDMUNDS. 487. in a bed of loamy, sub-angular gravel, underlying a depositof fine grey loam 6 feet thick, containing scales of fish, andabundant remains of Anodonta and Bythima. It is now depositedin the Blackmore Museum Its edges are sharpand unworn, and its colourblack, with ochreous , since discovered, areof even finer have in my col
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. i of 14 feet * Quart. Journ. Qeol. Soc, 1866, vol. xxii. p. 478. t Quart. Journ. Ucvl. tSoc, 18G1, vol. xvii. p. 303. % Flint Chips, p. 43. BURY ST. EDMUNDS. 487. in a bed of loamy, sub-angular gravel, underlying a depositof fine grey loam 6 feet thick, containing scales of fish, andabundant remains of Anodonta and Bythima. It is now depositedin the Blackmore Museum Its edges are sharpand unworn, and its colourblack, with ochreous , since discovered, areof even finer have in my collection amuch ruder specimen, thoughof nearly similar general form,which was found in the SouthGate in 1869. The greatestnumber of implements foundat Bury have, however, comefrom what is known as theGrindle Pit, a short distanceto the south-east of the town,and on the summit and westernslope of a tongue of landbetween the Linnet and theLark. Some of them occurred in a dark, stiff, rather argillaceousgravel, composed mainly of subangular flints, but also containinga small proportion of the pebbles of the older rocks, derived fromGlacial beds. This bed is from 2 to 3 feet in thickness, and under-lies a stratum of red brick-earth f
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