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ENCROACHMENT OF THE SEA ON 



[Ch. XX. 



moving 



their position in reference to the tower, which after the 



of 1862 was seen as represented in fig. 44, on the 



storm 



sea-side, the 

 edifice.* 



washect 



eainoe - The level of the base of the tower, and of the 

 ruins of the nave and chancel of the church (see fig. 44) has 



Fig. 43. 



Tower of the buried Church of Eccles, Norfolk, a. d. 1839. 



The inland slope of the hills of blown sand is shown in this view with 



the lighthouse of Hasborough, N.W. of the tower, m the distance. 



now such a relation to high-water mark, that Mr. King na- 

 turally suggests that there must have been a subsidence of 

 this part of the coast since the church was built. The pre- 

 cise date of its erection is unknown, but the upper or octa- 

 gonal part of the tower is supposed to date from the 16th 

 century, and this addition would not have been made at that 

 period had the site been considered as in danger from the 



encroachments of the sea. t 



Observations on the level of the foundations of buildings 



* Mr. Keclman nas gxve* u* . > », the evidence of a charge in the relative 

 of Eccles Tower as scon by hhn in 1861, level of sea .and land aff Ad * « 



* Mr. Kedman has given us a view 



when it was nearly as much on the sea- 

 ward side of the dunes as in 1862. 

 t Mr. King is engaged in examining 



and other sea-washed buildings along 



the coast. 





