whole of the interior of the chapel, in the hope of finding others, but without success, two or three good specimens only being preserved. The devices upon these appear to be emblematic of the chase, the pattern being completed in four tiles; one of these is given upon the accompanying plan reduced to one-sixth of its actual size. These tiles appear to be such as were commonly used in ecclesiastical buildings about the fourteenth century. The foundation walls were next laid bare, and traced out to their full extent, thus developing the form of the building, which is an oblong, having a length of 27ft. 6in. with a breadth of 19ft. 8in. At the east end is a small apse, semi-circular in form, and having a radius of 5ft. 8in. The wall of the apse appears to have been considerably thicker than the other parts of the building, it being here 3ft. 10in.; the other walls averaging 2ft. It should be observed that the whole of the lower foundations consisted of pebbles placed in layers in herring-bone fashion, with a superstructure of flat stones, but in the apse the upper layer of flat ones had entirely disappeared, leaving an evenly laid surface of pebbles to the width of 3ft. 10in., as shown in the plan. The apse was entered from the body of the chapel through an arch springing from circular pillars, having a diameter of 2ft. 6in., the width of the archway being 10ft. 8in. About half way along the south wall was a considerable thickening of the wall, extending some three feet or more. It was thought possible that this might have been intended to carry another arch, but the absence of any similar projection on the other side dispelled this idea. In the south-west corner two or three stones, standing out somewhat beyond the line of foundations, led to the supposition that this may have been the situation of the doorway. Many skeletons were found in the course of the explorations within the chapel walls. One was of gigantic proportions, measuring no less than 6ft. 6in. This and another were lying with the face downwards; the first mentioned had 452 DISCOVERY OF A CHAPEL AT FELTON NEAR LUDLOW. apparently met with an untimely death, there being a clean cut upon the skull over an inch in length. Another of them (this one close to the apse) was deficient of both legs from the knees downwards. A little behind this one was that of a child 3 ft. in length. In no case was there any trace of coffins having been used, and the bodies had all been buried at an uniform depth of about 3 ft. The dotted line in the plan shows the course taken by the explorations in a westerly direction. A few feet from the wall, a hole was dug 6 ft. deep, following the course of one previously made in the same spot, near the bottom of which was a quantity of burnt wood, together with two or three nails. The purpose of this could not be satisfactorily ascertained, but it is surmised that there may have stood here some wooden erection, which had been destroyed by fire; but this would scarcely account for the burnt wood being found at so great a depth. Proceeding a few feet further, it was deemed expedient to make a cross-cutting for the purpose of ascertaining whether or no there was any extension of the walls in this direction, but nothing of the kind was detected. Another skeleton, however, was found in this cutting, buried at a depth of 4 ft. At 31 ft. from the west wall, this being the limit of the explorations, several large flag-stones, lying parallel with the wall, indicated in an unmistakable manner the site of the lych gate of the burial ground. Very little is known of the early history of this chapel. It seems in a most unaccountable manner to have escaped the notice of the many antiquaries, who have from time to time visited the locality. One only of their number, as far as I am aware, has left any authentic account of the existence of a chapel here, and I am indebted to the Rev. W. Selwyn, of Bromfield, who has kindly furnished me with the following brief entries in Dugdale's Monasticon:-" Valet in Burway et Chapell ciiijs viijd Valor Ecclesiasticus tempore Henry viij First fruits office Burway et Chappell et Clay Felton ciiijs viijd." There cannot be a doubt of the identity of the remains now discovered with the chapel above mentioned, situated as they are immediately between Clay Felton and Burway. As to the date of its erection, we have been told nothing, and can only judge from the character of the masonry, which bears the stamps of considerable antiquity, and may date back to about the 12th century. Nor do we know when it fell into decay, but the absence of all mention of it, with the solitary exceptions above quoted, leads to the inference that it must have passed into oblivion at a very early period. VOL. VIII. 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