. The Archaeological journal. SAXON DOORWAY IX CAKFAX TOWER, OXFORD. -ijl^^v THE AGE OF CARFAX TOWEK, OXFOliD. 897 applied to Oxford/ But Mr. Fletcher points out thatit was correctly used, Oxford being the frontier cityof Mercia, and commanding the through route to thesouth as well as the tradic along the river. The late Mr. Boase also in his history of Oxford saysthat it was an important town previous to 912, since itsname is coupled with London in the Saxon Chronicle;and that it was the centre of a district. The fabulousantiquity once assigned to the city seems to have led tosome disinclinat
. The Archaeological journal. SAXON DOORWAY IX CAKFAX TOWER, OXFORD. -ijl^^v THE AGE OF CARFAX TOWEK, OXFOliD. 897 applied to Oxford/ But Mr. Fletcher points out thatit was correctly used, Oxford being the frontier cityof Mercia, and commanding the through route to thesouth as well as the tradic along the river. The late Mr. Boase also in his history of Oxford saysthat it was an important town previous to 912, since itsname is coupled with London in the Saxon Chronicle;and that it was the centre of a district. The fabulousantiquity once assigned to the city seems to have led tosome disinclination to l:)elieve that even Saxon remains existin Oxford ; and it will only be by strict archasologicalmethods and by trusting to the testimony of the stonesthemselves that the mistake will be disj)elled. Having thus prepared the way, I have now to show whatthe evidence of age is that the early work inside Carfaxtower provides. It consists in the presence of verydistinctive features belonsjing to two racfstone arches inthe nor
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