front to be that which projected from the Castle, called the "Gun Garden," which was removed about 1824 to allow the building of Castle Street (West-end), and is shewn in several views, some with a flag staff used for signalling. In this case the open country beyond must be intended by the artist to represent the Priory Valley, with the ruins of the Old Priory and the Priory Farm House; the large house beyond might be Bohemia House, the houses between the two hills might represent buildings on the Priory Meadows, but the distant hill, which would then be White Rock and St. Michael's, is in shape and its conical form so unlike it that this theory is open to doubt. Another speculation is, that the view is taken from the East Hill, but where is the Castle on the West Hill ? It is most unlikely the artist would have drawn this picture without adding the ruins.
The writer shares Mr. Langham's opinion, and suggests the probable date from 1790 to 1800. Some license by the artist must be allowed for.
Much of the Chapel was reconstructed out of buried ruins.
This view now shews the Chapel, as it appeared twelve years after the extensive excavations ordered to be made by the Earl of Chichester, and ably superintended by Mr. W. G. Moss in conjunction with Mr. William Herbert of the Guildhall Library (the writer of Moss's History of Hastings, 1824), whose work is interestingly set out in a journal kept by Mr. Herbert. (Through the kindness of the late Mr. Charles Dawson, F.S.A., the author is permitted to give the following extracts) :
