. Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county. ot on November 21st, 1910,1 found. OLD BUCKHURST. 73 the opening too small to permit entry, and water waslying inside. There was a steady sound of water tricklingfar within, and a strong draught of air from outside upthis entry towards the vertical air shaft of brick cased instone, which I found some distance higher up (about80-ft. to south towards the barn), much hidden inherbage, but still performing its function. The bricks, of which much of this foundation workconsists, are bound together with a very
. Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county. ot on November 21st, 1910,1 found. OLD BUCKHURST. 73 the opening too small to permit entry, and water waslying inside. There was a steady sound of water tricklingfar within, and a strong draught of air from outside upthis entry towards the vertical air shaft of brick cased instone, which I found some distance higher up (about80-ft. to south towards the barn), much hidden inherbage, but still performing its function. The bricks, of which much of this foundation workconsists, are bound together with a very durable mortar,though many now lie loose on the slope. They resemblethe bricks at Bolebrook, most of them being thin ascompared with modern bricks. Their size is not absolutelyuniform, some being 9-in., some 9j-in., some 9f-in. 4J-in. and 4-in. Most of them are about , some a little more. Above them are growingtrees, whose roots reach far down their sides; one, an oak,I estimate to be 150 years old. Mr. R. Garraway Rice, (to who I am indebted for some previous correctionin this matter), tell
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