The Archaeological journal . ds of Roman masonry easilydistinguishable. In the tower of San Magin we have thework of the Scipios, between this tower and the Puertadel Socorro that of Augustus, and from this gate to thebastion San Antonio that of The Romans ofthe first period built with large stones of which only theedges were dressed, while the remainder was slightlyraised, or, to use the Spanish term, almoha dill ado; inthe second they used stones that were longer, with higherrelief in the central part, and carelessly united ; in the 1 A parallel example of this mixture Journ., vol.

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The Archaeological journal . ds of Roman masonry easilydistinguishable. In the tower of San Magin we have thework of the Scipios, between this tower and the Puertadel Socorro that of Augustus, and from this gate to thebastion San Antonio that of The Romans ofthe first period built with large stones of which only theedges were dressed, while the remainder was slightlyraised, or, to use the Spanish term, almoha dill ado; inthe second they used stones that were longer, with higherrelief in the central part, and carelessly united ; in the 1 A parallel example of this mixture Journ., vol. xxxiii, p. 286. One instanceof styles—Cyclopean, Human and Me- of his singular chronology here;diseval — occurs at Ferentinum ; Petit- he assigns the well known Alignements atBade! ib. p. 172, where several references Carnac to the Arthurian age 380—to classical authors are given. 550—! 2 Mr. Fergussons theory is contro- 3 Indicador de Tarragona, p. in my Paper on Brittany, 24

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