ot SOME FURTHER NOTES ON BURTON ABBEY PLAN, 
Here is the photo (Fig. 1) of the open trench which we cut along 
the West front. It shows you clearly where the original differs from 
Fig. 1. 
the Plan, the stone base of the rails being the line I before showed 
you, the excavations showing the correct line. Nigell, 5th Abbott, 
1104-1114, began the new work at the West part of the Church, so 
says the Chronicle; and, as I pointed out in my former paper, this 
confirms the usual practice of the ancient Monastic builders, to build 
as much of the Church as was required for the community, then go 
on with the Monastic buildings. Our excavations confirm the 
Chronicle. Our further excavations, showed us the base course of 
the new work at the West part of the Church (Fig. 1), and would be 
of the Transitional period lying between Norman and early English. 
To illustrate my former paper I made a conjectural plan, and we 
have very strong evidence for taking it as correct, as we found this 
