Ref NoLDGSL/544/4
Title'Description of the Dinton fossil'
Date[post 1811]
Date Note1811 watermark
LevelItem
Extent1 sheet
FormatDocument
Description'Description of the Dinton fossil', comprising manuscript description of the strata surrounding a fossil found at Dinton, Wiltshire, North West of Warminster, by Etheldred Benett, [after 1811]. Briefly annotated at the bottom of the sheet by Greenough, 'This fossil in all probability belongs either to the Tetsworth clay or to the forest clay, it is or kind of ?sattin spar'.
Administrative HistoryThe text may be a request for identification as the same description was sent to the Society, see: GSL/MUS/1/1/45.
ProvenanceDonated by Nina Morgan, who received it from Eric Robinson, May 2018.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameBENETT | Etheldred | 1775-1845 | fossil collector and geologist
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/60BENETT; Etheldred (1775-1845); fossil collector and geologist1775-1845
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