Great Zimbabwe. 



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Situation of Passages. Cleared. Traced. 



Upper Passage 28 ft. 



East Passage 80 ft. 



Buttress Pa.ssage 39 ft. 



*South Passage 38 ft- 



Pattern Passage (upp^er portion cleared in 



1903) 51 ft. 



Korih-west Ascent : — 



*Sunken Passage in Platform enclosure ... 72 ft. 



Sunken Passage through main wall 16 ft. 



Sunken Passage on Northern Parapet ... 28 ft. 

 *Sunken Passage from Northern Parapet 



to Visitors' Path 22^ ft. 



* Sunken Passage from Visitors" Path to 



Water Gate 150 ft. 



Minor Rums : — 



*Outspan Ruins 56 ft. 



Ridge Ruins. Parallel Passage 246 ft. 



*Ridge Ruins, other Passages 25 ft. 



No I. Ruins 142 ft. 



Valley of Ruins : — 



*North-east Passage 



Passage referred to- by Mr. Bent 



*Posselt Ruins, Parallel Passage 66 ft. 



:;io ft. 



600 ft. 

 300 ft. 



2,548 ft. 2,720 ft. 



In addition to these totals of lengths of passages cleared out 

 or traced, there are many other passages still buried in debris, the 

 outcrops of their side walls being seen here ajid there on the surface 

 in and near several ruins. Many, of course, must be completely 

 buried under the veld, for some were lately discovered (1903) at 

 least three feet below the surface, with native paths crossing them 

 in all directions, while it is quite reasonable to suppose that with the 

 great area of ruins yet unexplored very many more passages will yet 

 be found, especially when it is recollected that the discovery of one 

 buried passage has most frequently led to the discovery of several 

 side passages. 



Traces of two other passages leading from the base to the sum- 

 mit of the Acropolis Hill have been discovered, and these remain 

 unexplored, and each would be fully 900 feet in length, while traces 

 of several lines of passages are to be seen encircling at various 

 heights the south, west, and north sides of the Acropolis Hill. These 

 also at present remain unexplored. 



* These passages were discovered in 1902-3. 



