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T. D. ATKINSON
On the west side of tlie courtyard there is a well sunk through the rock
(H 3: a, and Fig. 59. Section TU). The depth was not ascertained.
The rubbish that filled it was cleared out to a depth of nine metres, but
thereupon the water came in so fast that the work had to be given up. The
well had been originally lined with carthenware cylinders -75 metre in
#" tUfc.
L''ic:. 51.—Eakthunwauk Uyusdkk prom tue Well.
diameter and one metre high (Fig. 51). One rim of each cylinder was
roughly shaped into a socket, so that the next one would fit into it. ' Hand-
holes ' were also made in the sides of the cylinder so that a man could climb
down when necessary to clean the well or for other purposes.
Mcthods of Construdion.—The quality of the work varies considerably.
Generally sjDeaking the work is not so
careful as that of the Second Period.
On the other hand there is some excel-
lent workmanship, such as examples of
wrought basalt, to be described presently.
In some cases the walls are very well
builtj in others badly. The thickness
[Fin. 5-2.-Plan or a Doorway with varies between '50 m. and 70 m., if we
Reuated Jambs. leave out of account those thick walls
which are probably two walls built
side by side. Lime-mortar appears never to have been used except as
a coating to the face. Unfortunately no wall Stands to a sufficient height to
show a complete doorway or any remains of a window—unless the hole in the
wall at G 3: c is to be considered a window. The doorways are of three
classes. That of which most examples remain have rough jambs, more or
T. D. ATKINSON
On the west side of tlie courtyard there is a well sunk through the rock
(H 3: a, and Fig. 59. Section TU). The depth was not ascertained.
The rubbish that filled it was cleared out to a depth of nine metres, but
thereupon the water came in so fast that the work had to be given up. The
well had been originally lined with carthenware cylinders -75 metre in
#" tUfc.
L''ic:. 51.—Eakthunwauk Uyusdkk prom tue Well.
diameter and one metre high (Fig. 51). One rim of each cylinder was
roughly shaped into a socket, so that the next one would fit into it. ' Hand-
holes ' were also made in the sides of the cylinder so that a man could climb
down when necessary to clean the well or for other purposes.
Mcthods of Construdion.—The quality of the work varies considerably.
Generally sjDeaking the work is not so
careful as that of the Second Period.
On the other hand there is some excel-
lent workmanship, such as examples of
wrought basalt, to be described presently.
In some cases the walls are very well
builtj in others badly. The thickness
[Fin. 5-2.-Plan or a Doorway with varies between '50 m. and 70 m., if we
Reuated Jambs. leave out of account those thick walls
which are probably two walls built
side by side. Lime-mortar appears never to have been used except as
a coating to the face. Unfortunately no wall Stands to a sufficient height to
show a complete doorway or any remains of a window—unless the hole in the
wall at G 3: c is to be considered a window. The doorways are of three
classes. That of which most examples remain have rough jambs, more or