DISCOVERED BY THE KING'S RABBITS
Captain Vaughan Williams,' of Old Windsor, noticed that some of the King's rabbits in burrowing near tho rails of Windsor Great Park brought np some ancient tiles. He made excavations at the spot, and as a result he is of opinion that he has discovered the site of the nalace of Edward the Confessor, who died in 106 G. nine months before the Battle of Hastings. There Is a double moat, and ancient flints, tiles, and sandstones have already been discovered. Members of the Berks Art Society and the Windsor and Eton Scientific and Archaeological Society visited, the place subsequently. ■ The president' of the Berks Society, Mr. Charles E. Keyser, said his society would do , everything possible to assist Captain Vaughan Williams in making his excavations. The Eev. P. H. Ditchfield, the Berkshire antiquarian, said that before Windsor Cnstlo was foundeo' there existed a; palace spmewhero in the forest, nnd among the notable events that happened there was the healing of a blind man by Edward the Confessor, who dipped his hand in water and placed it on the blino! man. The man at once exclaimed, "I eeo you. 0 lung!"—" Daily Mail."
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 41, 12 November 1919, Page 7
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198DISCOVERED BY THE KING'S RABBITS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 41, 12 November 1919, Page 7
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