Top Opening

ID: IJOTWS03

Top Opening

View looking down on the upper opening Warren’s Shaft. Probably in ancient times a timber platform was placed over the opening so that containers could be lowered straight down the shaft..

For a brief explanation and another view of the shaft Click Here.

Photo courtesy of Jerry Hawkes.

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Keywords: Israel, Jerusalem, City of David, Old Ancient Core, Warren’s Shaft, Charles Warren, Jebusite Water Shaft, David, Joab, 2 Samuel 5, Y. Shiloh, Ronny Reich, Gihon Spring, Jerry Hawkes