Dry weather exposes archaeological mysteries in national trust monasteries

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With temperatures and four heatwaves, this year’s summer is ready to go down as one of the hottest on records.

But the beach and evening meetings around the barbecue have brought a surprising advantage from family days, perhaps different from family days.

twice National trust Estates, dry conditions are revealing the lawn and the parachmark in Parkland that shows a tentalizing maps of already lost underground structures.

Thanks to the grass on the buried walls, drying at a separate rate in the surrounding areas, the historic building is exposed as the 13th century.

But Former Augustinian priest of mottisfontNear Romasi in Hampshire, archaeologists can now see the remains of the buildings of the monastery left during a remodeling of the site in the 1700s.

Structures, which include a closter, date between 13th and 16th centuries.

A closter is believed to have one of the lost buildings that can now be detected in Mottisfont, a former priest later turned into a tudor house

A closter is believed to have one of the lost buildings that can now be detected in Mottisfont, a former priest later turned into a tudor house ,National trust,

The former priest established in 1201 was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1536 and was passed in the hands of Sir William Sandis, who converted it into a tudor house.

National Trust Archaeologist James Brown said: “These are complicated glimpses in the oldest history of buildings going to Motistont.

“We have conducted some geological surveys, but the buildings have never been dug, so their secrets are hidden leaving these rare moments when their outline appears in the lawn.”

Abe on the fountain In North Yorkshire, Parachmark has also revealed the lost buildings of Abe, including a large guest hall. The hall was divided into the corridor by rows of columns, which also appear in a dry mark on the ground.

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Archaeologist Mark Numan said: “We have a good clear view of the guest hall – a building that reflects the importance of Abe’s hospitality after the example of Christ.

In Fountain Abbey in North Yorkshire, the scars in the ground also show the Isles in a guest hall which is now buried under the ground

In Fountain Abbey in North Yorkshire, the scars in the ground also show the Isles in a guest hall which is now buried under the ground ,National trust,

“It had the ability to accommodate hundreds of people, with medieval lifestyle. It shows that fountains Abe have welcomed a large number of visitors for hundreds of years.”

The Met Office said that both June and July consecutively gave up-to-high temperature, England experienced their hottest June on the record.

Britain’s national drought group has tracked below average with the declaration of “national level important event” earlier this month.

Tom Domate, head of the historical atmosphere of the National Trust, said: “This year’s players are more clearly visible, and after an extraordinary dry spring, have also been recorded before in the year.

“While we have seen the perchmark at our places for many years, frequency has increased significantly in recent years, including in 2018 and 2022, as climate change increases the chances of hot weather in spring and summer.”

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