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_ yellow clay, three inches; and lastly, four feet six inches gravel 
mixed with boulder-stones of moderate size, and evidently, by 
the seams of fine sand, shewing that the excavation was then 
in the natural ground ; and as one of the workmen observed, 
when throwing it out, ‘that has not been moved since the 
morning of the flood.’ The total depth sunk below the sill of 
the doorway was eighteen feet seven inches, viz. : 
1 ft. 7 in. from sill to under side of the projection of floor, 
8 ,, 0 ,, to the level of bottom floor or commencement of 
dressed ashlar work, 
Brags Gigs rubble masonry—foundation of floor and 
loose stones with earth, 
» gravelly sand, 
yellow clay, 
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»» gravel, sand, and boulder stones, 
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being seven feet one inch below the ground-floor of the tower. 
Considering the nature of the materials, and the depth in which 
the men were working, it appeared conclusive that the ground 
beneath had never been disturbed, and consequently the 
object for which the work had been undertaken had been 
fully and satisfactorily executed, not leaving a doubt upon 
the minds of any present, that prosecuting the work any longer 
would be useless waste of time and labour. Mr. Molloy, a 
respectable farmer, who is seventy years of age, states, that for 
fifty-six years, that his memory serves him, no excavation 
similar to the present had been made within that period. 
“ Mr. Long, C. E., Mr. C. Mayne, and Mr. Molloy, 
farmer, were present during the entire operation. After 
having satisfied myself as to the result of the excavation, the 
material taken out was thrown back into the tower.” 
Colonel Jones also exhibited rubbings from a rock at 
Drumlish, of which he read the following account : 
