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arclie8 beneatb tbe areb toward8 tbe nortb end os tbe wall, and wbicb appear to
bave keen opening tbrougb tlie wall. Mm two larger arebe8 mea8ure fourteen
feet in beigbt b^ twelve in widtb, wbile tbat on tbe ea8lern 8ide i8 ten feet bigb bz^
8ix in widtb. Me arcbe8 are formed b^ double row8 os large bricb8, laid perpen-
dicularly from tbe centre, and bounded b^ anotber cour8e, laid ilat, or at rigbt
angie8 witb tbe otber8 ; and between tbe two perpendicular eour868 i8 anotber
borirontal cour8e os briclc8. Me 8ire, material, and babing os tlm86 brieb8, all
indicate Ionian rnanusacture, a8 doe8 al8o tbe conduction ok tbe wall. He8peeting
tbe original intention and age ok tbi8 fragment ok ancient worbman8bip tbere i8 no
autbentic record, and anticiuarie8 ditker in opinion. burton, in bi8 " Hi8tor^ ok
Imice8ter8bire,'' term8 it a Mmple ok danu8, a8 Oeoikre^ ok Nonmoutb reker8 to a
temple ok tbat deit^ at lbeie68ter. blm late bi8bop ok Olozme and tbe bev. Mo8.
beman, in a communication to Nr. l>licbol8 kor bi8 elaborate Hi8tor^, Ac. ok
lbeie68ter8bire, eon8ider it a8 forming part ok tbe boundary wall, and a8 containing
one ok tbe entrance to tbe Isoman 8tation, / wbil8t Nr.
bicbman expre8868 doubt8 wbetber it be not ok later date tban tbe boman8.
d'be adjoining 0/ being partly con8trueted ok Homan
bricb8, and 8ome ok it8 arebe8 formed in tbe 8ame manner a8 tbo86 ok tbe dewr^
N^all, bave induced 8ome antic^uarie8 to eon8ider it ok ec^ual anti<^uit^, and to be
tbe worbman8bip ok tbe 8ame people; but I cannot be8itate in a8eribing it to a
mucb later date. It i8 true, tbat tbe two 8ma11er arcbe8 for window8, now walled
up, on tbe nortb 8ide, and over tbe larger arelm8, are formed witb Homan bricb8,
and tbe86 are di8pO8ed in double eour868, in tbe Homan manner, a8 8bewn at bl.
Mm two larger arebe8 are formed ok large 8^uared 8tone8, witb a little mortar, a8
are tbo86 under tbe tower, witbin tbe cburcb, O. Me upper 8torie8 ok tbe tower,
botb externals and internally, bave ornamental blanb arebe8 ok trulv Borman
cbaracter, b; but tbe main wall8 ok tbe tower, a8 well a.8 part ok tbe cburcb,
are formed ok tbe large Homan bricli8, and indicate tbe ma8onie execution ok tbe
Homan8. brom tbe contiguity ok tbe cburcb to tbe dewr^ N^all, about twelve feet
di8tant, and from pre8ent appearance8 we ma^ con8ider it to be part ok tbe 8ame
building,' and to bave been eitber a temple or Obri8tian cburcb ok tbe Homan
coloni8t.8 ok Halm?
Me ancient called tbe l^Lwnon'r at dlmco/-?, i8 a 8pecimen
Oarter, In Ins " Ancient ^reliiteetnre," lias ^iven elevations, plan, <^o. of tke ^ewr^ ^Vall.
157
arclie8 beneatb tbe areb toward8 tbe nortb end os tbe wall, and wbicb appear to
bave keen opening tbrougb tlie wall. Mm two larger arebe8 mea8ure fourteen
feet in beigbt b^ twelve in widtb, wbile tbat on tbe ea8lern 8ide i8 ten feet bigb bz^
8ix in widtb. Me arcbe8 are formed b^ double row8 os large bricb8, laid perpen-
dicularly from tbe centre, and bounded b^ anotber cour8e, laid ilat, or at rigbt
angie8 witb tbe otber8 ; and between tbe two perpendicular eour868 i8 anotber
borirontal cour8e os briclc8. Me 8ire, material, and babing os tlm86 brieb8, all
indicate Ionian rnanusacture, a8 doe8 al8o tbe conduction ok tbe wall. He8peeting
tbe original intention and age ok tbi8 fragment ok ancient worbman8bip tbere i8 no
autbentic record, and anticiuarie8 ditker in opinion. burton, in bi8 " Hi8tor^ ok
Imice8ter8bire,'' term8 it a Mmple ok danu8, a8 Oeoikre^ ok Nonmoutb reker8 to a
temple ok tbat deit^ at lbeie68ter. blm late bi8bop ok Olozme and tbe bev. Mo8.
beman, in a communication to Nr. l>licbol8 kor bi8 elaborate Hi8tor^, Ac. ok
lbeie68ter8bire, eon8ider it a8 forming part ok tbe boundary wall, and a8 containing
one ok tbe entrance to tbe Isoman 8tation, / wbil8t Nr.
bicbman expre8868 doubt8 wbetber it be not ok later date tban tbe boman8.
d'be adjoining 0/ being partly con8trueted ok Homan
bricb8, and 8ome ok it8 arebe8 formed in tbe 8ame manner a8 tbo86 ok tbe dewr^
N^all, bave induced 8ome antic^uarie8 to eon8ider it ok ec^ual anti<^uit^, and to be
tbe worbman8bip ok tbe 8ame people; but I cannot be8itate in a8eribing it to a
mucb later date. It i8 true, tbat tbe two 8ma11er arcbe8 for window8, now walled
up, on tbe nortb 8ide, and over tbe larger arelm8, are formed witb Homan bricb8,
and tbe86 are di8pO8ed in double eour868, in tbe Homan manner, a8 8bewn at bl.
Mm two larger arebe8 are formed ok large 8^uared 8tone8, witb a little mortar, a8
are tbo86 under tbe tower, witbin tbe cburcb, O. Me upper 8torie8 ok tbe tower,
botb externals and internally, bave ornamental blanb arebe8 ok trulv Borman
cbaracter, b; but tbe main wall8 ok tbe tower, a8 well a.8 part ok tbe cburcb,
are formed ok tbe large Homan bricli8, and indicate tbe ma8onie execution ok tbe
Homan8. brom tbe contiguity ok tbe cburcb to tbe dewr^ N^all, about twelve feet
di8tant, and from pre8ent appearance8 we ma^ con8ider it to be part ok tbe 8ame
building,' and to bave been eitber a temple or Obri8tian cburcb ok tbe Homan
coloni8t.8 ok Halm?
Me ancient called tbe l^Lwnon'r at dlmco/-?, i8 a 8pecimen
Oarter, In Ins " Ancient ^reliiteetnre," lias ^iven elevations, plan, <^o. of tke ^ewr^ ^Vall.