Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . SECTION OF NORMAN WALLBETWEEN THE PITHAY AND ST. JOHNS SLOPE. f. •. Bristol Archaeological Notes for 1901. 275 rv between St. Johns and Christ-church parishes is fixedin the wall of the tower, by which circumstance it may c r easily be found. Within this tower is a deep well, forthe security of which, perhaps, the tower Was well lies under the front shop, dose to the townwall, which is even hollowed out, in asmalldegree, tomake room for it. A former possessor about sixty orseventy years ago, after clearing it o
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . SECTION OF NORMAN WALLBETWEEN THE PITHAY AND ST. JOHNS SLOPE. f. •. Bristol Archaeological Notes for 1901. 275 rv between St. Johns and Christ-church parishes is fixedin the wall of the tower, by which circumstance it may c r easily be found. Within this tower is a deep well, forthe security of which, perhaps, the tower Was well lies under the front shop, dose to the townwall, which is even hollowed out, in asmalldegree, tomake room for it. A former possessor about sixty orseventy years ago, after clearing it out to a consider-able depth, came to a wooden floor, which he wasunwilling to disturb, and therefore covered up thewell. But the tower1 has now been examined very carefullyto the lowest foundations, and no traces of a well, or of anywater supply, found. Two deep wells,2 however,exist without the wall, and these, doubtless, were sunk forthe supply of the city; in one of them some octagonal woodpiping was found. The correct line of the wall betweenthe points referred to, however, in many places is fully12 feet farther north-eas
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