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Materials used in the Wall of the Enclosure. 171 Its most distinguishing feature is a monolith lintel, 5 m. in length, which belongs to the first system. The second begins immediately above it (Fig. 118). The whole gateway was rebuilt when the second method obtained, together with a gallery or chamber with arch shaped like a bow. If no traces now exist of the portals which once connected the upper city with the temple, by means of two causeways athwart the Tyropœon at different heights, this is owing to the gates having been placed towards the top of the primitive wall everywhere destroyed. Fig. 118,— Western Gate, outer eievatiom De Vogué, Plate III. From the terrace of the haram, the best view of the three gates on the south façade is obtained. They are severally called Single, Double, and Triple Gate, from the number of their openings (Fig. 1 19). 1 The latter is the only one whose approach is occupied by a modern building. Through the Double Gate our Lord and His disciples must often have passed on their way to and from 1 Fig. 119: 1. Robinson's Arch restored sunk by the English explorers* i. Canal cut in the rock; 3. Shafts