Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1911 — Used Wells as Granaries? [ARTICLE]

Used Wells as Granaries?

In the counties of Kent and Sussex in England there are to be seen certain curious well-like excavations, popularly supposed to date from the time of Danish rule In England. These are invariably about three feet in diameter, and seldom less than sixty feet in depth. Ingress and egress were provided for by means of rude ladders or hide ropes. Various explanations have been offered to account for their existence, some supposing them to have been places of refuge, others that they were connected with secret forms of worship, still others that they were dug for the extraction of chalk and flint. The latter theoryjncllnes to the view that the boles were made to serve as granaries. They are found close together in groups, corresponding with the habit of various* tribes of clustering in restricted areas.—Harper's Weekly.