More information : (TQ33378133) B9 Goring Street, 1884 The base of a bastion on the W. side of Goring Street was uncovered and surveyed It was 26 ft. wide and projected 15 1/2 ft., standing on a foundation of flint and puddled clay surmounted by a bed of chalk. The facing of the bastion consisted of coursed ragstone, battering outwards towards the base and standing on a projecting footing-course. 8 1/2 ft. above the foundation was a double course of bricks not carried through the wall. The filling of the bastion contained lengths of stone coping, a cornice, a fragment of an inscription, and a fragment of frieze carved with running hares (now in Guildhall Museum). (See TQ 38 SW 830 : Roman City Wall)
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