Book Two Discoveries - Collapsed tunnel

[Eustace_Scrubb]

No: HPFGUIDX 112618

> > I think this
> > fact was demonstrated when Ron's wand malfunction in the Chamber
> > tunnel FAR below Hogwarts was able to cause a cave-in and block
> > the roomy passageway way up on the 4th floor. <snip>
> 

Then, Geoff:
> I must be being a bit thick but where did that idea come from?

Now Eustace_Scrubb:
I agree with Geoff that the timeline doesn't support these two
cave-ins being related.  However, the relationship between the upper
floors of Hogwarts castle and various chambers that are said to be
<miles beneath the school> is most interesting.  It would appear that
this is another way in which the floor plan of the school defies
muggle notions of spatial relationships.

In PS/SS, the trio go through the trap door on the third floor and
wind up <miles beneath the school> by their own estimation.  Then in
CoS, Ron, Harry and Lockhart slide down from Myrtle's lavatory into
the Chamber, which again is apparently <miles beneath the school>.  So
either there are the WW equivalent of elevator shafts scattered all
over the school or there's some magic going on here that allows such
travel under certain conditions.

Now, I still don't think the two cave-ins mentioned above are related
and therefore this isn't the sought-after clue from CoS, I do think
that these odd spatial relations at Hogwarts may well play a role in
the final two books.

I still wonder whether the Hogwarts Express and/or Platform 9 3/4
aren't also likely avenues of attack.

Cheers,

Eustace_Scrubb
"If you're referring to the incident with the dragon, I was barely
involved!"