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T. D. ATKINSON
H 1: c has courses of large blocks of basalt running into the wall, alternat-
ing with courses of thin slabs of limestone which \ve used to call ' ironstone '
laicl longitudinally, somewhat like the 'header and stretcher' System of
modern brickwork (Fig. 38). The ' putlog' holes for the scaffolding are still
Fig. 38.—View of Wall c k H 1 (Plate I.).
to be seen in this and in the adjacent walls. We thus have an indication of
the system of scaffolding in use at the time the walls were built. The
holes are l'7o m. apart horizontally and -85 m. apart vertically. This height
is not much more than half the corresponding measurement in modern work.
Four complete doorways remain. Two of
these have been already mentioned (pp. 84,42).
The other two are at H 2 :l> and (j. That
at H 2 : b, shown in Fig. 39, is "85 m. wide
and the original height appears to have been
1'70 m., but that at H 2 : g, sbown in Fig. 40,
is only '47 m. wide and 1"25 m. high: All
the four perfect doorways belong to this period.
With the exception of that in the Great Wall
which appears to have been covered by a
Hirtel all the doorways are without Hirtel or
arch or even any ' gathering-over' of the
masonry. The walls were probably carried
_ „„ on strons; wood frames and when once they
Fl((. 39.—DlAtlllAM of Dookway .° . j
b in H2 (Plate I.). were built they would need very little süpport
over such narrow openings.
The Square columns noticed above (p. 40) are of soft white limestone.
The ordinary walls are built of varieties of hard limestone and of polygonal
blocks of basalt. All the limestones can be quarried at no great distance,
and the basalt can be obtained on the sea shore owing to the gradual
destruction of the cliff on the other side of the bay.
T. D. ATKINSON
H 1: c has courses of large blocks of basalt running into the wall, alternat-
ing with courses of thin slabs of limestone which \ve used to call ' ironstone '
laicl longitudinally, somewhat like the 'header and stretcher' System of
modern brickwork (Fig. 38). The ' putlog' holes for the scaffolding are still
Fig. 38.—View of Wall c k H 1 (Plate I.).
to be seen in this and in the adjacent walls. We thus have an indication of
the system of scaffolding in use at the time the walls were built. The
holes are l'7o m. apart horizontally and -85 m. apart vertically. This height
is not much more than half the corresponding measurement in modern work.
Four complete doorways remain. Two of
these have been already mentioned (pp. 84,42).
The other two are at H 2 :l> and (j. That
at H 2 : b, shown in Fig. 39, is "85 m. wide
and the original height appears to have been
1'70 m., but that at H 2 : g, sbown in Fig. 40,
is only '47 m. wide and 1"25 m. high: All
the four perfect doorways belong to this period.
With the exception of that in the Great Wall
which appears to have been covered by a
Hirtel all the doorways are without Hirtel or
arch or even any ' gathering-over' of the
masonry. The walls were probably carried
_ „„ on strons; wood frames and when once they
Fl((. 39.—DlAtlllAM of Dookway .° . j
b in H2 (Plate I.). were built they would need very little süpport
over such narrow openings.
The Square columns noticed above (p. 40) are of soft white limestone.
The ordinary walls are built of varieties of hard limestone and of polygonal
blocks of basalt. All the limestones can be quarried at no great distance,
and the basalt can be obtained on the sea shore owing to the gradual
destruction of the cliff on the other side of the bay.