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M. M. Ill : NORTH QUARTER AND ENTRANCE
by later builders : this, however, allows parts of the lower steps of the
Eastern flight to be clearly seen.
The N.E. Entrance debouched externally on a gangway turning
West, of which a small section of the original pavement has been preserved.
It seems highly probable that this gangway brought the North-Eastern
Entrance into direct connexion with the fortified approach from the North
and West described below. It is possible that an actual passage existed
throush the central avenue of the covered area described as the ' Hall of the
Eleven Pillars ', which immediately faced the outer gate on this side.
The organic connexion of these two Entrance systems receives indeed
a further illustration from the convergence of their two main drainaoe
channels. A built drain, to which attention has already been called, Built
which must originally have served this Ouarter, passed under a rectangular
structure immediately W. of the N.E. Entrance, and can be followed thence from N.E.
Entrance
to the point where it entered the main Cloaca of the'Northern Entrance to Main
Passage. These drains belonged to the earlier elements of the building- cloaca'
and there can be little doubt that the entrance of the 1 Northern Quarter'
from which this affluent runs also goes back in its original form to the
earliest days of the Palace.
The Northern Entrance Passage itself underwent a great transformation Northern
in the present Period. It is probable that the upper part of this Passage v&fsd&T
had never been more than about two metres wide in its upper section.
Here the E. border of the early ' Keep ' juts forward and a row of foundation
slabs opposite this points to a symmetrical arrangement of wall line on the
other side. The early built drain ran under this, and the interspace between
the two walls was doubtless filled by an ascending ramp or stairway that
eave entrance to the Central Court.
But the space below the projecting angle of the Keep seems originally now nar-
i r i . •, i i rowed,
to have lormed an open area some seven metres m width between two witri
terrace walls, that to the West forming the border on this side of the North- Bast.1°ns
& on either
West Portico and adjoining entrance. At the time, however, of the great side.
M. M. Ill Restoration, to which so much in the Domestic Ouarter was due,
the lower part of this Entrance Passage was reduced to the same width as
the upper section by the construction in front of the terrace walls on either
side of three great Bastions, as shown in the Plan, Fig. 28G. The back of
the Western line of Bastions rested on the lower courses of the early wall
that flanked the North Portico on the left.
The masonry of these Bastions and even, as we shall see, the
character of their incised signs agree so closely with that of the light-well
by later builders : this, however, allows parts of the lower steps of the
Eastern flight to be clearly seen.
The N.E. Entrance debouched externally on a gangway turning
West, of which a small section of the original pavement has been preserved.
It seems highly probable that this gangway brought the North-Eastern
Entrance into direct connexion with the fortified approach from the North
and West described below. It is possible that an actual passage existed
throush the central avenue of the covered area described as the ' Hall of the
Eleven Pillars ', which immediately faced the outer gate on this side.
The organic connexion of these two Entrance systems receives indeed
a further illustration from the convergence of their two main drainaoe
channels. A built drain, to which attention has already been called, Built
which must originally have served this Ouarter, passed under a rectangular
structure immediately W. of the N.E. Entrance, and can be followed thence from N.E.
Entrance
to the point where it entered the main Cloaca of the'Northern Entrance to Main
Passage. These drains belonged to the earlier elements of the building- cloaca'
and there can be little doubt that the entrance of the 1 Northern Quarter'
from which this affluent runs also goes back in its original form to the
earliest days of the Palace.
The Northern Entrance Passage itself underwent a great transformation Northern
in the present Period. It is probable that the upper part of this Passage v&fsd&T
had never been more than about two metres wide in its upper section.
Here the E. border of the early ' Keep ' juts forward and a row of foundation
slabs opposite this points to a symmetrical arrangement of wall line on the
other side. The early built drain ran under this, and the interspace between
the two walls was doubtless filled by an ascending ramp or stairway that
eave entrance to the Central Court.
But the space below the projecting angle of the Keep seems originally now nar-
i r i . •, i i rowed,
to have lormed an open area some seven metres m width between two witri
terrace walls, that to the West forming the border on this side of the North- Bast.1°ns
& on either
West Portico and adjoining entrance. At the time, however, of the great side.
M. M. Ill Restoration, to which so much in the Domestic Ouarter was due,
the lower part of this Entrance Passage was reduced to the same width as
the upper section by the construction in front of the terrace walls on either
side of three great Bastions, as shown in the Plan, Fig. 28G. The back of
the Western line of Bastions rested on the lower courses of the early wall
that flanked the North Portico on the left.
The masonry of these Bastions and even, as we shall see, the
character of their incised signs agree so closely with that of the light-well