 | Royal Geological Society of Cornwall - 1818 - 338 strani
...enquiry ; a tract which, with a few exceptions, is entirely covered with this species of sand ; and which, in some places, has accumulated in quantities so great as to have formed hills of from forty A 2 to sixty feet in elevation. A considerable area, for instance in the parishes of Gwythian and Phillack,... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1839 - 488 strani
...— Abridged from " A Narrative of the Visit to the American Churches," by Drs. Reed and Mathe&on. E. Page 80. — RECENT FORMATION OF SANDSTONE. —...or upon the occasional removal of some part of them hy the winds, the remains of houses may he seen : and in some places, when the churchyards have been... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1848 - 518 strani
...sand into solid rock. A very considerable portion of the northern coast of Cornwall is covered with calcareous sand, consisting of minute particles of...winds, the remains of houses may be seen : and in places, where churchyards have been overwhelmed, a great number of human bones may be found. The sand... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell, Thomas Rupert Jones - 1857 - 530 strani
...sand into solid rock. A very considerable portion of the northern coast of Cornwall is covered with calcareous sand, consisting of minute particles of...to sixty feet in elevation. In digging into these sand-hills, or upon the occasional removal of some part of them by the winds, the remains of houses... | |
 | Julian Tenison Woods - 1862 - 446 strani
...Cornwall is covered with calcareous sand, consisting of minute particles of comminuted shells, and in some places has accumulated in quantities so great...to sixty feet in elevation. ' In digging into these sand-hills, or upon the occasional removal of some part of them by the winds, the remains of houses... | |
 | Gerald Molloy - 1870 - 384 strani
...into solid rock. A very con- \x siderable portion of the northern coast of Cornwall is covered with calcareous sand, consisting of minute particles of...quantities so great, as to have formed hills of from forty * Mantell's Wonders of Geology, pp. 70, 81, 82,, 83. •}• Lyell, Principles of Geology, vol. i.,... | |
 | Gerald Molloy - 1873 - 496 strani
...sand into solid rock. A very considerable portion of the northern coast of Cornwall is covered with calcareous sand, consisting of minute particles of...so great, as to have formed hills of from forty to fifty feet in elevation. In digging into these sand-hills, or upon the occasional removal of some part... | |
 | Alexander Watt - 1883 - 112 strani
...sandstone occurs in various parts of the northern coast of Cornwall, which affords a most striking example of a recent formation ; since we here actually...to sixty feet in elevation. In digging into these hills, or upon the occasional removal of some part of them by the winds, the remains of houses may... | |
 | Alexander Watt (F.R.S.S.A.) - 1883 - 112 strani
...quantities so great as to have formed hills of from forty to sixty feet in elevation. In digging into these hills, or upon the occasional removal of some part...churchyards have been overwhelmed, a great number of human bones may be found. The sand is supposed to have been originally brought from the sea by hurricanes,... | |
 | Alexander Watt - 1883 - 124 strani
...of Cornwall is covered with a calcareous sand, consisting of minute particles of comminuted 279597A shells, which, in some places, has accumulated in...to sixty feet in elevation. In digging into these hills, or upon the occasional removal of some part of them by the winds, the remains of houses may... | |
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Cornwall is covered with a calcareous sand, consisting of minute particles of comminuted shells, which, in some places, has accumulated in quantities so great, as to have formed hills of from forty to sixty feet in elevation. In digging into these... 