Recently, however, we lifted the turf in several places, and to our surprise have uncovered foundations and the remains of walls.
We shall not begin excavations here until we have an expert opinion that these are monastic remains and not those of some later accretion, For that reason we are awaiting the next visit of Sir Charles Peers, who has} taken great interest in our work Unfortunately, if we excavate the lawn it will be necessary to sacrifice a very fine elm which must be much more than a century old, and we are reluctant to do that unless we are assured that there are still important discoveries to be made.
During the search no trace has been found of the treasure of gold and silver goblets, chalices and plate which legend states was buried by the monks in the Abbey grounds at the time of the Dissolution. The only "treasures" discovered so far are a Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Mowpay, Jawvam 24, 1999
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