The public account of the seven arches relies on the stone-load register and the night watch’s closure notices. A review of that source and the field notes finds a specific limit: the count can be repeated, but it does not include a pale repair seam beneath the fourth arch, visible from the lower path.
Tavi Orr checked the stone-load register and the night watch’s closure notices against the field notes. The method is to trace a system from its control gate to the last household it is meant to serve; it confirms the entries, but not every interpretation attached to them. The comparison covers 46 loaded crossings; 43 appear in the prior file. No signed correction to either entry was present when this review closed.
Teren Bel, bridge inspector for the upper road, said the source register was complete for its stated purpose. The office has not provided a separate measure for whether the fourth arch can carry trade carts while repair stones are brought up the same road, so the public record cannot yet show which account is more representative.
The inspector’s limit protects the oldest span; carriers say the alternate route adds a full stair and a second toll. The current record does not settle that disagreement. This report does not establish that either side misstated the evidence. It establishes that the published total is narrower than the conclusion being drawn from it.
Residents and workers have had their first chance to question the measure in public. The entry belongs to the interim review file at the Seven Arches crossing above the east ravine. The masons will place a temporary measure stone before authorizing the next heavy load. The next file should preserve the original entries and explain any change in method.
