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has been opened at the top, but is worth proper excavation." 

 We shall now hark back and pick up what our friends have 

 been running over the top of. I had the advantage of visiting 

 the ground previously with Major Browne and having its pecu- 

 liarities pointed out. Before entering the park, attention may 

 be directed to the fiue sandstone quarry called Greenhill, whence 

 the white sandstone is derived for the buildings on the estate. 

 Since the meeting, while removing the earth on the surface, two 

 slab cists of the ancient inhabitants were disinterred. In one of 

 these was the remuaat of a skull and a few crumbling bones. 

 Major Browne has erected these venerable memorials 

 elsewhere. 



The mansion is of a castellated form, and is of various ages ; 

 the western end encases an old peel tower, and has within it a 

 turnpike stair ascending to the roof, and another stair of the 

 same construction embedded in the interior of the building. 

 The oldest date, 1G76, is on the dial, which probably belongs to 

 an older structure, with the motto " VT HORA SIC VITA." 

 Beneath it the Olavering motto " A.D OOELAS VOLANS " is on 

 the scroll of the escutcheon. There are two dates on the front, 

 one central, facing south with the monogram of K.M.C., and the 

 date 1707; the other on the western face of the eastern wing, 

 with the same initials and date. The age of the main part of 

 the building is thus ascertainable ; above a door on the back 

 part of the house is a shield of a date 1727, with the initials 

 R.O. ; this portion is therefore of more recent construction. The 

 inscription on a stone dug from the foundation of the apartment 

 that formed the chapel, now being rebuilt owing to the building 

 having threatened to collapse, underneath an incised dedication 

 cross, is : — 



AN:SAL:MDCC. ? II. 



RODVL. CLAVERING. 



POSVIT. 

 Beneath this and freshly cut : — 



MDCCC XC. 



A. H. BROWNE 



RE-POSVIT. 

 Ornamenting the middle portion of the front there is a rich 

 display of finely cut sculpturing harmonising with the handsome 

 escutcheon which quarters the family alliances of the far-de- 

 scended race of the Olaverings. The Oalleleys or Calewellees, the 



