Following the visit to Shellwood Manor, Jim Goddard, Gordon Millington and Eileen Roche proceeded to the church of St. Mary Magdalen, South Holmwood, (TQ172449) at the side of the A24 in direct alignment with the straight track and the original ley. The energy line was picked up at once in the layby to the side of the church lych gate. It was dowsed by Eileen as 70 larger footsteps. It ran in a straight line directly up to the church and in line with its east-west axis. It felt stronger than on the straight track but not as strong as it was at Pitch Hill.
The church is not old - it was built in 1838 - but it has the appearance and atmosphere of an older church. It has an interesting subconscious siting story - two local ladies were watching some boys playing football on the spot and suddenly felt very strongly that there ought to be a church there. The fact that they were the ones able to bring this about suggests that there is conscious intelligence behind subconscious siting.
Inside the church Jim had head-hum, and the line was dowsed by Gordon and Eileen. Gordon picked up a fine at right angles to the axis of the church between the first and second large windows from the altar. Eileen dowsed this too, and felt a strong point in the line on the step leading to the church tower from the aisle, and a strong point by the side altar and by the font, and a line on the south side of the church. Jim had a small reaction from the sandjar.
Outside, on the south side of the church, were a couple of unusually shaped Scots pines, noted by Jim, shaped like praying hands. The evidence obtained seems to confirm the possibility of an energy line as drawn on the map in a straight line from Pitch Hill.
