108 Mr. Tate on the Geology and Archwology of Beadnell. 



ago became a ruin, that for many generations it was covered 

 over with drifted sand. Mr. Hodgson Hinde, in 1853, dis- 

 covered the spot where it stood, and by clearing away the 

 sand from the interior, exposed the remains of this ancient 

 chapel. The buildmgs thus brought to light consist of a 

 chancel, nave, and another apartment on the west, opening 

 into the nave. The chapel stands directly east and west. 

 The sizes of the several apartments are internally — 

 The chance] 1 1 feet 5 niches by 1 1 feet 9 inches. 

 The nave 18 feet 9 inches by 11 feet 4 inches, 

 The western chamber, which is not regular, in shape aver- 

 ages 13 feet by 10 feet. 

 In some parts the walls are remaining to the height of 5 feet ; 

 they are usually 25 inches in thickness and built chieHy of 

 yellow magnesian limestone, of which vast numbers of blocks 

 are rolled by the sea to the bottom of the clifiF; some few red 

 sandstones are mingled with the limestone, and the door jambs, 

 which are remaining, are also of sandstone. The masonry 

 is coarse rubble work. Lime has been used to a considerable 

 extent in the walls of the chancel and nave ; but no particle 

 of lime appears in the walls of the western apartment, which 

 are cemented by clay only. Thick walls with wide central 

 openings divide the western apartment from the nave, and the 

 nave from the chancel. These walls are 2i feet thick ; the 

 chance] opening is 5 feet, and that between the nave and 

 the western apartment is 4 feet 8 inches in width. There 

 had been no door between the nave and western chamber, for 

 the end faces of the division wal]s are smooth ; and it is pro- 

 bable from the great thickness, both of these and of the 

 chancel division walls, that they had supported arches. 



It is difficult to say, what purpose was served by the west- 

 ern chamber. It is undoubtedly of more rude construction 

 than the other buildings, and appears like a subsequent 

 addition, as the side walls are not bonded into the wall of the 

 nave ; but the wideness of the opening from the nave into it, 

 and the absence of any indications of a door rather evidence, 

 that it forms part of the original plan of the chapel. It may 

 have been used as a vestment room ; and probably there were 

 other buildings near to the chapel, which furnished a residence 

 for the priest, for there are other foundations on this promon- 

 tory. 



Near the west end of the nave, there had been two small 

 doors opposite to each other in tlie south wall. The width 

 externally was only 2 feet 1 inch, but being splayed, they 

 widened internally to 3 feet. When this chapel was first laid 



