Rotes on Excavations of the Foundations of the 
Old Burton Bridge. 
HE Sub-committee appointed to take this matter in hand 
(Messrs. Moxon, Lott, Oswell and Day) made arrangements 
with Messrs. Lowe & Son to send some excavators down into Mr. 
Barratt’s field on May 28th, 1903, to dig and lay bare what appeared 
to be one of the main piers of the Old Bridge, close to the Trundle 
Hole, with the object of ascertaining, if possible, the age of the 
foundation. The pier was found to have been ofa very irregular 
shape, something like the accompanying rough sketch. The West 
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