By Harold Braksiiear, F.S.A. 



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middle were octagonal on plan, 13f inches in diameter, and 

 6 feet 6 inches high above the floor. All the liases were found 

 except the first, tenth, and eleventh ; they varied slightly in section. 

 The base of the eighth cohunn was of one stone with the square 

 angles left on under the base mould, and the column had been set 

 with iron wedges in cement, like those of the chapter-house. At 

 the first column was a cross wall ; the second was also in a cross 

 wall and was found as it fell ; the third was bedded in another 

 cross wall and stood to its full height to the underside of the 

 capital. The fourth column had gone, owing to a pit being dug at 



Fig. 10.— Details of Dorter Subvault. 



this point to bury rubbish, but the base was found; the fifth was 

 found as it fell in a south-westerly direction, and round the base 

 was a patch of tile flooring ; the sixth had been removed, but the 

 base was found bedded hi another cross wall. The seventh, eighth, 

 and ninth columns have left only their bases, of which that of the 

 ninth was also bedded in a cross wall, beyond which all evidence 

 of the range ceased, except for the fragment of the west wall 

 already named. It is uncertain if all the cross walls are of 



