But these little homesteads in or about the salient are few in their strange escape, and elsewhere there is not a building which stands unpierced or in more than a fragment of ruin.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
In the two exterior compartments the arches are unpierced, and are flanked by a profusion of clustered pillars.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner
It is a strong place, with its massive walls unpierced save by the doorway at each end; but we will have them out if to do so we are forced to tear it down stone by stone."
"Beric the Briton A Story of the Roman Invasion"
G. A. Henty