ANCIENT BUILDINGS.
WORK AT RIBVAUUC ABBEY. The preservation of ancient monuments is finding employment for a small army of men who are now working in the Midlands and North of England on old abbeys and castles. Scores ol these ancient monuments are receiving attention under Government supervision. They include the famous Tynemouth Castle, Byland Abbey, Rievaulx Abbey, Scarborough Castle, Easbv Abbey and Dunstanburgh Abbey. Much work has been dona on Hadrian's Wall. One of the longest periods spent on restoration work has been at Rievaubx, where repairs have been carried out for the past 12- years. The work is. not yet finished, says the "Daily Telegraph." Workmen who discover ancient coins and* pottery are suitably rewarded, and some of their finds are preserved in museums, on the sites themselves. The scheduling of ancient monuments by the Government is concerned only with unoccupied buildings. Thus repairs that may be carried out at such places as Beverley Minster and York Minster do not come under Government survey.
Between £75,000 and £100,000 is spent Annually in saving historic i»uildiagb -,
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 67, 20 March 1937, Page 10
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176ANCIENT BUILDINGS. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 67, 20 March 1937, Page 10
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