I was on my way to Bala Brook on Dartmoor this week when I stopped for lunch at Buckfast Abbey. Finding a quiet place away from the streams of tourists I noticed this lovely stone wall with a hole in it. (photo on right). This is not the first ‘holy’ discovery as you will see by the second picture.
This was taken last year in the hamlet of Bincombe on the ridge south of Dorchester. Both these holes have lintels so they are not just gaps where a stone has fallen out. They are deliberately constructed this way. As both the walls are retaining rather than dividing, the holes are actually recesses but I imagine they could be there for drainage. Any ideas? More about Bala Brook coming soon as we shall be holding yoga and meditation workshops at the retreat centre.
Hole in the wall
August 14, 2010 by onepointed
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hiya john, I think similar holes used to be put in to warm up bees with a little shelter; some would have been to allow little animals through (rabbits, mink) to discourage them from burrowing and wrecking the walls, so they’d have access to land they could previously access? other holes could have been traps. If they were to let water through, I think the holes would have been lower down on the walls.