. A corner of Kent; or, Some account of the parish of Ash-next-Sandwich, its historical sites and existing antiquities. 175. Fiece of carved oaJc dug zip in 1861. CHAPTER IV, THE OHTJECH AND ITS MONUMENTS. THE Parish Church of Ash stands nearly in themiddle of the village, on the south side of thehigh-road running through it, crowning the hrow ofthe hill which overlooks the valley of Staple. Eromits elevated position, its spire forms a conspicuousfeature in the landscape for miles around. On thesite it now occupies stood, according to tradition, aDruidical temple or altar. This tradition, pure
. A corner of Kent; or, Some account of the parish of Ash-next-Sandwich, its historical sites and existing antiquities. 175. Fiece of carved oaJc dug zip in 1861. CHAPTER IV, THE OHTJECH AND ITS MONUMENTS. THE Parish Church of Ash stands nearly in themiddle of the village, on the south side of thehigh-road running through it, crowning the hrow ofthe hill which overlooks the valley of Staple. Eromits elevated position, its spire forms a conspicuousfeature in the landscape for miles around. On thesite it now occupies stood, according to tradition, aDruidical temple or altar. This tradition, purelylocal, is not supported by any testimony that wehave been enabled to discover. No exhumation hasbrought to light, as at Guilton Town, relics which, ifnot corroborating the statement, might yet accountfor its origin. At the same time the circumstance isexceedingly probable: so exactly, indeed, what weshould look for on such a spot, that, while we by no 176 A CORNEH OF KENT. means insist on tlie truth of the story, we are unableto discard it as altogether unworthy of credence. Noallusion has been made to it by Kilburne
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