...very rich and stiff arable land, but of vfry inconsiderable breadth : it runs for some distance HI to the vale, before it meets the clay. The soil of this...dozen stout oxen, and sometimes more, at work upon it. It is a soil that must rank amongst the finest in this or any other county, being pure clay and calcareous...

...stiff and tenacious. It is thus described by Mr. Young : " this soil is an excessively intractable calcareous loam on a clay bottom ; it adheres so much...dozen stout oxen, and sometimes more, at work upon it. It is a soil that must rank among the finest in this or any other country ; being pure clay and calcareous...

...attenuatus. rotundus. Eostellaria carinata. Cirrus plicatus. adheres so much to the share and is so difficult to plough, that it is not an unusual sight...stout oxen, and sometimes more, at work upon it." However, when drained and well cultivated, the same author assigns it a high rank, as he says, " It...