Re: Down The Rabbit Hole
Hmmmmmmmmm................
So, are these existing natural caves which have been enlarged? Or are they "rooms" which have been cut in situ. What rock is that? The walls look fairly vertical, and where they join the floor there's a slight gap, as if they're sitting on the floor.
Hasn't it rained in Shropshire for 700 years? Must have, yet there's no signs of flooding of the "caves", no water stains anywhere, no crumbling, no dark discoloured damp or fungus or mold. If these rooms are only a metre below the surface, how has that metre of topsoil stayed put for 700 years? It's soil which is apparently soft enough for rabbits to dig warrens into. No lintel supports for the "arches"? Why, (and how), would you "carve" arches if you've already carved a "cave"? How do you carve "around" a hole to leave columns and arches behind? Were the columns carved in situ, or placed later? If carved, how did the ceiling stay up while the columns were being carved? If placed later, how do you carve an open space into solid rock while leaving enough rock to act as columns? ? Why does the rock look "polished" and smooth if it's soft enough to be hand carved by 700 year-old tools? And why would you polish it anyway?
I must be missing something.
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