47— GREAT ZIMBABWE. 

 By R. N. Hall, F.R.G.S. 



Co-author with Mr. W. G. Neal of "The Ancient Ruins of Rhodesia,"" 

 and author of " Great Zimbabwe," at present engaged by the Government of 

 Rhodesia on a term of nineteen months' exploration of the ruins of the Great 

 Zimbabwe. 



Passages — Every writer on Zimbabwe appears to have been 

 greatly struck with the number of passages, both at the EUiptical 

 Temple and on the Acropolis, and with their labyrinthine character. 

 During 1902-3 further passages were discovered and opened out, 

 and these had a total length of 1,832 feet. The total length of 

 passages opened out or which can be clearly traced now amounts to 

 5,268 feet. As is shewn later in this section, this by no means ex- 

 hausts the tale of passages to be found at Zimbabwe. 



Situation of Passages. Cleared. Traced. 



Elliptical Temple : — 



Parallel Passage ^93 ft. 



Inner Parallel Passage 71 ft. 



South Passage 73 ft. 



*West Passage 30 ft. 30 ft. 



*South entrance to No. 10 Enclosure ... 14 ft. 



Outside Elliptical Temple : — 



Outer Parallel Passage ^25 ft. 



*North-east Passage (remainder of length 

 included with " VaJley of Ruins " Pas- 

 sages) 50 ft- 



Acropolis or Hill Ruins : — 



South-east Ancient Ascent 349 ft. 1,260 ft. 



Higher Parapet 78 ft. 



Central Passage 1 03 ft. 



*Sunken Passage, Eastern Temple (traced 



further) 28 ft. 



North Passage, Eastern Temple 23 ft. 



*South Cave Passage 46 ft. 



Covered Passage (cleared in 1902) 10 ft. 



Parallel Passage 71 ft. 20 ft. 



*Cleft Rock Enclosure to foot of Plat- 

 form stairs 1 o f t. 



Winding Stairs 14 ft. 



* These passages were discovered in 1902-3. 



