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Identifier: surveyofwesternp00warruoft (find matches)
Title: The survey of Western Palestine-Jerusalem
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Warren, Charles, Sir, 1840-1927 Palestine Exploration Fund Conder, C. R. (Claude Reignier), 1848-1910
Subjects: Jerusalem -- Antiquities Jerusalem -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : Palestine Exploration Fund
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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JERUSALEM. 265 rough, projecting from 4 to 6 inches. The Hne D, C, if producedtowards C, would cut the north-east angle of the so-called Tower ofDavid, in the Citadel, and if produced towards D, would pass throughthe remains (of ancient walls) near Mr. Bergheims house. Within the Castle there is a vaulted chamber of modern date, andthe floor of this was broken through in consequence of a rumour thatthere were vaults beneath. The report proved to be correct, for oncreeping through the hole a chamber nearly filled with rubbish wasreached, and near the east end of this an open doorway led to two otherchambers, in which two piers or towers, constructed of large stones withdrafted margins, were found. From the appearance of the masonry they
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must have existed before the present building, which is built on to it. Atfirst they were thought to be part of an old wall, or the towers of agateway ; but, taking everything into consideration, it seems more pro-bable that they were solid piers supporting the groined roof of a chamberbeneath some tower of mediaeval date ; piers of the same character, builtwith old material, and supporting groined roofs, are seen in several placesin the city. In this case the groined roof seems to have been destroyedand replaced by a plain pointed arch, to carry which the piers have beenconnected by substantial party walls, which divide the original chamberinto two. The drafts are between 2 and 3 inches broad, and the facingleft rough. All the covering arches are pointed. The doorway between 34 266 THE SURVEY OF WESTERN PALESTINE. the two chambers is of the same style as the one found in the Citadel, thestones of the pointed arch having a chiselled draft run round theirmargins. There is a large accum

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