The outer columns have carvings of a series of snakes, heads swallowing tails.
The south doorway is Norman, with Early English capitals on the outer columns.
The outer columns under the windows used stone from Rousse and the arches relied on limy freestone.
Steps inside the outer columns lead up to galleries at four levels, and the view from the top gallery is spectacular.
On the outer two columns are statues of St. Catherine and Agatha.
When the outer columns are insuffient to support the load, interior cores can be used.
Probably another five miles separated the outer column from the intermediate, a total width of twenty-two miles: the convoy must cover 330 square miles.
These outer columns are both slightly wider than their neighbours and are slightly closer than any of the others.
All but three of the outer columns were monolithic.
The outer columns and the walls inside the temple are covered with elaborate bas-relief carvings.