. The Archaeological journal. hcontains the ancient remains, is of a construction that mayhave been copied from Eoman work elsewhere. Thewest wall is built in the same way up to the same wall and arch mav have been built in the ninth cen-tury. (Plate III.)^ ill. A fourth example exists in a doorway high up inthe north wall of St. Michaels tower in CornmarketStreet. Here it is to be noted that, although the arch isformed of ragstones, it is circular and apparently turnedon framed centering; and there is a slightly moulded im-post, which projects beyond the face of the wall, so thatt
. The Archaeological journal. hcontains the ancient remains, is of a construction that mayhave been copied from Eoman work elsewhere. Thewest wall is built in the same way up to the same wall and arch mav have been built in the ninth cen-tury. (Plate III.)^ ill. A fourth example exists in a doorway high up inthe north wall of St. Michaels tower in CornmarketStreet. Here it is to be noted that, although the arch isformed of ragstones, it is circular and apparently turnedon framed centering; and there is a slightly moulded im-post, which projects beyond the face of the wall, so thatthe span of the arch, though wider than the width of thedoorway, is less so than in the three other examples. Itshould be remembered that St. Michaels was one of thetowers that Mr. Eickman relied on as proving that therewas a Saxon style of architecture ; but the unfortunate ^ The greater ])!irt of llie tower is much still to be learnt from theajipears to have been rebuilt; but there earlier work. To foes pagi: 338. PLATE KKMAIXS OF SAXON DOOKWAY IX ST. PKTKK S, OXFOliD. THE AGK OF CAKFAX TOWKK, OXFOIM). oOD mistake made by a distinguished antiquary in assuming thetwo Saxon towers which are still in existence at Lincoln tobe the ones recorded in Domes(hiv Jiook, as havino- beenbuilt after the Conquest, led to doubts arising in the mindsof Mr. J. H. Parker and others about the Saxon date ofSt. Michaels. ^Jhis mistake was detected a year or twobefore his death by the late Precentor Venables, whoshowed conclusively that the two churches men-tioned in Domesday were taken down three or fourhundred years ago. Consequently the age of the twoLincoln towers remains unknown; and their architectureis no guide to the style of work that the Saxons hadattained to by the Confessors reign or some time previousto it. The important point in connection with the fourexamples of arches springing from wall imposts in Oxfordis, that they occur in the case of churches standing onw^hat are known t
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