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  Kath, I can give you the answer fresh from reading almost all of the book published in 1864. What you see is not chalk, but centuries of debris! This also answers Paul's post concerning excavations. The first-class archaeologists who inspected everything that was uncovered by the workmen could not leave much in situ, as the whole Church was almost completely covered in debris, the floor lying nine feet under it! All what they carried away had nothing to do with pertaining to the Church, and they thourougly (how does one spell it!) inspected every stone and content of the debris. They then inspected everything they could of the walls and the foundations which were so carefully uncovered.
  Kath, if you compare the mound you mentioned to what we see now, you will realise that it covers the walls and an entrance door, so it must be debris, namely, that part of it which at the time the photo was taken had still not been cleared up.

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