A MOATED PALACE
Eltham Palace, London, famous as a Royal residence from the reign of Henry 111. till that of Elizabeth, still retains intact its stately banqueting hall, with its fine hammer-beam oaken roof, seemingly in as perfect condition as when it was erected nearly 500 years ago.
The moat, too, rfemains; crossed by a fifteenth century bridge. In 1836, during some repairs to this structure, a series of mysterious subterranean passages was discovered, extending for 200 ft. beneath the moat, and more than 300 ft. beyond it. In that part directly underneath the moat two massive iron doors were found, completely carbonised, and masked by huge stalactites dependent from the arched roof; showing that a very long period must have elapsed since these passages had been previously entered.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 499, 31 October 1928, Page 11
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129A MOATED PALACE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 499, 31 October 1928, Page 11
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