The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . biiildings seem to havebeen constructed throughout of stone. We may illustrate their character from Housesteads, which,in the form in which we know it, perhaps dates from SeptimiusSeverus. This fort measures about 360 by 600 ft. and coversa trifle less than 5 acres. Its ramparts are of stone, and its northrampart coincides with the great wall of Hadrian. Its interioris filled with stone buildings. Chief among these (see fig. i), andin the centre of the whole fort, is the Headquarters, in
The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . biiildings seem to havebeen constructed throughout of stone. We may illustrate their character from Housesteads, which,in the form in which we know it, perhaps dates from SeptimiusSeverus. This fort measures about 360 by 600 ft. and coversa trifle less than 5 acres. Its ramparts are of stone, and its northrampart coincides with the great wall of Hadrian. Its interioris filled with stone buildings. Chief among these (see fig. i), andin the centre of the whole fort, is the Headquarters, in or, as it is often (though perhaps less correctly) styledby moderns, Praetorium. This is a rectangular structure withonly one entrance which gives access, first, to a small cloisteredcourt (x. 4), then to a second open court (x. 7), and finally to arow of five rooms (x. 8-12) containing the shrine for officialworship, the treasury and other offices. Close by were officersquarters, generally built round a tiny cloistered court (ix., xi., xii.), GREAT WALL -f. WESTGATE BLOCKa \A LI I lHH+. HTEEE] IV h r 1 V EI iJimirm SCALE IH FEET 0 20 Co SO 80 100 ISO I I I I I
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