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The Primitive Structures.
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(i) We found, as has been described, on clearing the original Basis
completely, that the green schist walls failed in part on the north, south, and
east, though everywhere one course at least remained in situ above foundations ;
and, further, that new walls from "55 to
•60 thick had subsequently been built
outside these ruined faces, which en-
larged the area by 1 ■ 95 from N. to S.
and 1'74 from \V. to E. (Fig. 17.)
These new walls were not constructed,
like the old, of green schist ashlar, but
of small yellow limestone blocks very
carefully laid in from 14 to 16 courses,
with vertically worked outward faces ;
but, like the screen schist, thev were
Fig. 17. N. Face of Basis, showing B walling under ° '
d coigns, a fragment of c enlargement seen only very roughly dressed on the inner
projecting at the left (X.E.) corner. °
side. They were bedded upon a founda-
tion of their own material at —4-85, and we found them carried up to the
same height as the uppermost schist course on the western side (Fig. 18).
The axis, however, of the new Basis was very slightly varied from that of
the old. The spaces between new and old walls were filled in solid with
slabs and sand ; but before that was done, the ruinous faces of the old
rectangle were roughly
restored with limestone
slabs, which we found
so laid as to be flush
with the former schist
faces, and themselves
to show fairly vertical
faces and make straight
joints with the newer
filling. There had evi-
dently been a collapse
of the old Basis on the
east, due, perhaps, to
settlement ; and proba-
bly some small part of
the Original llllin<r 0 Found* /.'Enclosure. C Extension /.'Kxti nsion A Western Rectangle in fore-
O t> Wall. Wall. ground and A ltasis behind.
had slipped eastwards Fig, iS. North Side of the Basis ami Parallel Foundations of /.', C and D periods.
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59
(i) We found, as has been described, on clearing the original Basis
completely, that the green schist walls failed in part on the north, south, and
east, though everywhere one course at least remained in situ above foundations ;
and, further, that new walls from "55 to
•60 thick had subsequently been built
outside these ruined faces, which en-
larged the area by 1 ■ 95 from N. to S.
and 1'74 from \V. to E. (Fig. 17.)
These new walls were not constructed,
like the old, of green schist ashlar, but
of small yellow limestone blocks very
carefully laid in from 14 to 16 courses,
with vertically worked outward faces ;
but, like the screen schist, thev were
Fig. 17. N. Face of Basis, showing B walling under ° '
d coigns, a fragment of c enlargement seen only very roughly dressed on the inner
projecting at the left (X.E.) corner. °
side. They were bedded upon a founda-
tion of their own material at —4-85, and we found them carried up to the
same height as the uppermost schist course on the western side (Fig. 18).
The axis, however, of the new Basis was very slightly varied from that of
the old. The spaces between new and old walls were filled in solid with
slabs and sand ; but before that was done, the ruinous faces of the old
rectangle were roughly
restored with limestone
slabs, which we found
so laid as to be flush
with the former schist
faces, and themselves
to show fairly vertical
faces and make straight
joints with the newer
filling. There had evi-
dently been a collapse
of the old Basis on the
east, due, perhaps, to
settlement ; and proba-
bly some small part of
the Original llllin<r 0 Found* /.'Enclosure. C Extension /.'Kxti nsion A Western Rectangle in fore-
O t> Wall. Wall. ground and A ltasis behind.
had slipped eastwards Fig, iS. North Side of the Basis ami Parallel Foundations of /.', C and D periods.
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