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Gentleman's Magazine 1861 part 1 p.684

  Furness Abbey
Excavations, Furness Abbey

The Note-book of Sylvanus Urban.
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The excavations at the ruins of Furness Abbey are to be resumed, attention being particularly directed towards the mound of earth and debris adjoining the chapter-house. The exploration, it is hoped, will result in laying bare more of the foundations than are at present exposed; so that the work, although conducted on a comparatively small scale, will prove eminently interesting and suggestive to the antiquary.
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