8 ins. is not unusual in internal doors. At Caerwent, many ofthe sills were of stone and remain intact, and from them muchcan be gleaned of the construction of the casings. In Fig. 79are shown several of these stone door-sills. In A, the surfacegenerally has been hewn down so as to leave a rim… … r I I I I Fig. 80.—Stone Threshold, Housesteads, (5 ft. to i in.) the remaining examples there are no pivot-holes, the doors havingbeen hinged. Hinges such as we use for doors are seldom foundon Roman sites, but hook-and-eye hinges, similar to those nowused for field gates and outhouse doors, are…
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