Evans, Arthur J.: The Palace of Minos: a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustred by the discoveries at Knossos (Band 1): The Neolithic and Early and Middle Minoan Ages (London, 1921)

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THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC.

Guarding
' Sea
Gate' of
Palace.

of a small tower, which, it is to be noted, was provided with its own water
supply by means of socketed terra-cotta pipes.

The Bastion on one side, and the Tower with its associated structures on
the other, guard what seems to have been an outer gateway, opening West,
the true Sea Gate of the Palace, on the principal road of access not only from

Fig. 285. View of East Side of N. Entrance Passage, showing Sally Port

and Early Terrace Wall.

Roadway
from \Y.
and

H arbour
Town.

that direction but from the harbour town, lying about four miles North
of the Palace. That the roadway which opened immediately from the
Northern Entrance Passage could not itself have had a straight Northern
course is shown by the fact that at a distance of only about 45 metres
from the Inner Gateway on this side, the access in that direction was blocked
by the important building to which the Pillared Crypt described below
belongs.