Scotfot: Figure 16 Section shown by the southern face of The Great Pit at the Erith Brickyard, 1867. [Reprinted from Whitaker, Geol. London, vol. i., by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office.] 1 Soil and wash, lessening westward. 2. Brown brick-earth, with race, about 55 feet. Contains pebbles, and pieces of shells from the Woolwich Beds. 3. Darker brown clay, with a little race, about 5 feet, with a little grey Brick-earth (with shells) at the bottom, passing down into t...

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Figure 16 Section shown by the southern face of The Great Pit at the Erith Brickyard, 1867. [Reprinted from Whitaker, Geol. London, vol. i., by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office.] 1 Soil and wash, lessening westward. 2. Brown brick-earth, with race, about 55 feet. Contains pebbles, and pieces of shells from the Woolwich Beds. 3. Darker brown clay, with a little race, about 5 feet, with a little grey Brick-earth (with shells) at the bottom, passing down into t...

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== Summary ==
Figure 16 Section shown by the southern face of The Great Pit at the Erith Brickyard, 1867. [Reprinted from Whitaker, Geol. London, vol. i., by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office.]

1 Soil and wash, lessening westward.

2. Brown brick-earth, with race, about 55 feet. Contains pebbles, and pieces of shells from the Woolwich Beds.

3. Darker brown clay, with a little race, about 5 feet, with a little grey Brick-earth (with shells) at the bottom, passing down into the Bed below.

5. Sand with shells (Corbula fluminalis, etc.) and pebbles, about 4 feet; loamy at top in parts, and gravelly at bottom. Thins out as the ground rises westward.

9. Brick-earth, with a little pebble-gravel.

The numbers correspond with those in Figure 17.

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