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N.W. GATEWAY OF EBORACUM. 
The drain through Mr. Milburn’s yard was continued under 
the dwelling house and shop to Petergate. At a depth of 
6 feet below the surface of the street, the workmen came to a 
wall (PL Lb) consisting of a block of grit-stone, 8 inches 
thick, resting on a mass of concrete, 4 feet thick. This was 
the foundation of a portion of a wall at right angles to the wall 
first exposed. The western face of this returned wall was 
7 feet from the Petergate frontage. 
The excavator, Mr. T. H. L. Yardley, in digging for the 
gateway foundations, was fortunate in striking at once the 
proper place, and came across a portion (PL I.c) of the 
Roman Wall at a depth of 2 feet 3 inches. The wall was 
bared for a length of 5 feet. It is 4 feet 4 inches high, and 
rested on concrete which projects 7 J inches beyond the wall 
face. The wall is 4 feet 6 inches wide, formed of concrete 
and faced on both sides with courses formed of small blocks, 
on the exterior (PL II. Fig. 1) of “ Tadcaster ” stone and the 
interior (PI. II. Fig. 2) of grit-stone. The exterior facing is 
superior to that of the interior. One small block of grit¬ 
stone was built in along the exterior base course. 
The northern end of the wall is broken, and consists of 
concrete without the facing stones. This makes the wall 
appear as having at one time been continuous, and as having 
been broken through for the insertion of the gateway, but that 
this is not so, is shown by the fact that the grit-stone founda¬ 
tion platform is some 18 inches under the wall concrete. 
1 'he gateway has been formed of large blocks of Millstone 
Grit, probably brought along the rivers Wharfe and Nidd to 
York. The grit-stone foundation (PL III. Fig. 3) projects 1 foot 
7 inches from the wall. It is 2 feet 11 inches on the face, and 
then recessed 3 feet 8 inches. The grit-stone foundation, SJ 
inches thick, rests on concrete at least 2 feet 9 inches deep. 
It is returned at right angles to the wall, and has a width 
varying from 6 feet to 6 feet 6 inches. At a distance of 6 feet 
2 inches from the recess face a grit block (PL I. and PL III. 
Fig. 4) 3 feet 2 inches wide, 2 feet 4 inches long, and 12 inches 
thick, is the sole remnant of the first course above the grit-stone 
foundation. The grit platform is cut off' by the foundation for 
the cellar of the adjoining house. 
