. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . se, and specifies 43other tenements, some at least of which were then tenanted byleading merchants It measured 36 yds. x 18 yds., and the heightof the walls was 14 ft.^ Like most early Halls, its lofty roof was 1 p. 148. ^ It is needful, perhaps, to say these streets have been made since theCastle was destroyed. ^ Since this was written the well has been cleared out, and some objectsof interest have been discovered. Bones and skulls of goats and sheep areamong the articles found, together with a human skull, supposed to
. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . se, and specifies 43other tenements, some at least of which were then tenanted byleading merchants It measured 36 yds. x 18 yds., and the heightof the walls was 14 ft.^ Like most early Halls, its lofty roof was 1 p. 148. ^ It is needful, perhaps, to say these streets have been made since theCastle was destroyed. ^ Since this was written the well has been cleared out, and some objectsof interest have been discovered. Bones and skulls of goats and sheep areamong the articles found, together with a human skull, supposed to be thatof a young woman ; also several 17th century porcehain jars, many stonecannon balls (five-pounders), and others of the largest size known in the17th century as Canon royall, or H3 pounders. Such also as were usedin sieges and garrisons have been recovered from the materials with whichthe well was filled. The well was found to have a smooth cylindrical bore,10 feet in diameter, and 40 feet in depth. Water was reaohedat 30 feet.—Ed. * Dallaways Worcester, ?c-(.Xi«>«.ii Bristol Castle. 189 upheld by wooden pillars; of these, two, of ruinous condition,were 45 feete, of hole piece ; the roof, therefore, must havebeen of very steep pitch. On the north, adjoining this Banquetting Hall, was the KingsChapel. Traces of the entrances to both these buildings remain,but additions of later and different dates have been erected outsidethem. We will take the entrance to the Chapel first {See groundplan, plate VI., fig. 2, a—a). In the corners of the east wall ofwhat is now a stable in Tower Street, there are the remains of twofreestone door-jambs, with short pillar shafts and capitals, forminga part of the door-way, and a small portion of the springing of aNorman segmental arch; the width is between 14 and 15 once grand entrance was subsequently divided into twosmaller doorways, one 4ft. 4ui. in width, the other 7ft. 8in., andthese again have been since rough
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