_Columbarium in a Church Tower._--At Collingbourne Ducis, near Marlborough,
I have been told that the interior of the church tower was constructed
originally to serve as a columbarium. Can this really be the object of the
peculiar masonry, what is the date of the tower, and can a similar instance
be adduced? It is said that the niches are not formed merely by the
omission of stones, but that they have been carefully widened from the
opening. Are there any ledges for birds to alight on, or any peculiar
openings by which they might enter the tower?