Public library in usefulness shocker
entry by Kakesu
4/19/2005 4:41 PM
| I was at the library yesterday, failing to find information on local storm drains. After a while I got bored, and started flicking through some fifty year old magazines someone had bound and shelved. Presently, I came across an article entitled "Mysteries of Essex (6), Those Secret Underground Tunnels". Seriously. The article was written by a local historian, and for the most part was all about debunking local secret passage myths. There was one quote from a government official of the time that I particularly liked, "The majority of these tunnel stories would probably have more relevance to a Freudian analyst than to an archaeologist.". Anyway, there was one set of tunnels the author did describe as "existing". A series of Tudor culverts with a main passage 800ft long, 6ft high, and 1ft wide. The article even list potential access points. The best part is, they're directly beneath Leez Priory. To get to the tunnels, I have to infiltrate a live site with foundations over 800 years old! Intriguingly the author compares the site to "culverts seen by me at Hailes Abbey", which I'm going to Google for as soon as I've finished writing this.
So there we go, two sites to look in to, after just a couple of hours reading. Libraries are awesome.
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