Proceedings . e Archaeological Society to the were conducted by Mr. J. H. Francis of Castle Cary,under the general superintendence of the late Rev. J. , and occasionally visited by Mr. Edmund cost of the excavations amounted to about £39, whichsum was raised chiefly in the neighbourhood, through theenergy of the treasurer, Mr. F. S. Moore. The first attempt was made in the higher part of the lowermound. Traces of a wall were found running along the middleof the mound, with foundations about two feet below the sur-face, and two feet in thickness. This wall was cons
Proceedings . e Archaeological Society to the were conducted by Mr. J. H. Francis of Castle Cary,under the general superintendence of the late Rev. J. , and occasionally visited by Mr. Edmund cost of the excavations amounted to about £39, whichsum was raised chiefly in the neighbourhood, through theenergy of the treasurer, Mr. F. S. Moore. The first attempt was made in the higher part of the lowermound. Traces of a wall were found running along the middleof the mound, with foundations about two feet below the sur-face, and two feet in thickness. This wall was considered tobe of comparatively recent construction. Attention was next attracted to the position and appearanceof the small trees—hawthorne and elder—growing betweenthe lower mound and Manor House. They were growing ina line, and their roots spread themselves out in an unusualmanner. It was suggested that the trees were possibly 1A paper on this subject will be found in vol. vii of the Societys UJ _J 1- . co >- < Ul o < K C) Ui I < UJ III 1- _l o u. (/) m o < UJ H- (0
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