Identifier: handbooktoantiqu00wellrich (find matches)
Title: A hand-book to the antiquities in the grounds and museum of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Wellbeloved, Charles, 1769-1858 Yorkshire Philosophical Society
Subjects: Yorkshire (England) -- Antiquities
Publisher: York, J. Sampson
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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aledduring t many ages by an accumulation of soil which wasremoved soon after the building came into the possession ofthe Society, in 1831. The tower has been divided by a wall,a small part of which is still remaining, into two equal portions.At the height of about five feet there seems to have beenoriginally a timber floor; and above this, at the height of * See Eburaeum, or York under the Romans, p. 52, about nine feet, another floor. The lower compartments hada mortar floor laid upon sand ; and having no light but fromthe entrances, may have been used as depositories for storesor arms. The two apartments above these were probablyguard-rooms ; each of them having a narrow window oraperture, so placed as to enable those within to observe whatwas passing without, along the line of each wall. The openingof these apertures externally was not more than six inches inwidth ; but within, it expanded to about five feet; their height,owing to the change that has been made in the upper part of
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the tower, cannot be exactly ascertained. The annexed wood-cut will exhibit a clear view of the arrangement of this part of 8 the ancient fortification. The diameter of the interior at thebase or floor, is about 33 feet 6 inches : the plan consists often sides of a nearly regular thirteen-sided figure, formingnine very obtuse angles : whence it has obtained the name ofThe Multangular Tower. a. a. a. The multangular wall of the tower. b. The wall of the Roman station proceeding from the towerin the direction of Lendal and Coney-street. c. The wall proceeding in the direction of Bootham Bar. d. The wall dividing the tower into two portions. e. e. The wall at the entrance into the tower. Traces ofanother similar wall have been seen at i. f. f. Walls built for the purpose of supporting the interiorramparts. g. g. The apertures in the upper rooms of the tower, whichcommanded a view of the exterior of the walls. h. The modern city wall. The stone coffins deposited in the tower were found in

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