Ref NoLDGSL/56/1/1
TitleDrawing, ‘Section on the east side of Loam Pit Hill near Lewisham, Kent...'
Date[1814]
Date NoteFrom information given in Buckland's obituary, QJGS vol 57
LevelItem
Extent1 sheet
FormatMap/section
DescriptionWatercolour drawing of a 'Section on the east side of Loam Pit Hill near Lewisham, Kent shewing the strata as they are display'd at three successive apertures in which the upper stratum of each lower pit is dug into and forms the floor', by the Rev William Buckland and the Rev William Daniel Conybeare, [1814].
ProvenancePresented to the Society by Buckland and Conybeare, Jan 1816 (TGS).
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LanguageEnglish
Publication NotePaper, which accompanied the section, read before the Society 5 January 1816, and published as: Buckland, W. "Description of a series of Specimens from the Plastic Clay near Reading, Berks: with Observations on the Formation to which those Beds belong", 'Transactions of the Geological Society of London' (1st series) vol 4 (1817) pp277-304. Published plate is different to the drawing.
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray
CreatorNameCONYBEARE | William Daniel | 1787-1857 | geologist and dean of Llandaff
BUCKLAND | William | 1784-1856 | geologist
SubjectPalaeogene
TermFormations (Geology)
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/11BUCKLAND; William (1784-1856); geologist and dean of Westminster1784-1856
DS/UK/173CONYBEARE; William Daniel (1787-1857); geologist and dean of Llandaff1787-1857
Places
CodePlaceName
NA7Lewisham
NA8Kent
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