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rains cause a supension of all progress. The whole surface 
was originally covered with buildings, a large “pokuna” or 
water tank being in the centre and a rock cut cistern near the South 
-end of the plateau. Massive parallel walls, white quartz platforms and 
stairways are the chief features of the remains. The brick walls are 
covered with plaster and are ornamented with horizontal courses. 
The superficial rubbish to be removed is composed of vegetable mould 
and brick débris of some 20 feet in depth. Very little wear from the 
passage of feet appears on the steps and platforms, which latter are 
such a feature throughout the ruins. There is a monolith throne 
discovered in 1895 cut from the granite of the rock “in situ” the 
edges as sharp as the day they were originally chiselled. The 
absence of stone pillars, although sockets for their reception exist 
everywhere, prove that wood was extensively used for columns and 
also for structural work. The fine plaster may have been made of 
burnt shells and coral brought from the nearest sea shore, the bricks 
from the clay removed in digging the great tank below the fortress. 
No valuables have been found in the ruins, but iron work for gates, 
iron nails and scissors, a bronze guard for the foot, a Roman coin of the 
4th Century, and copper nails have been discovered. Visitors to the 
fortress have inscribed their names in thousands on the plaster of the 
gallery, some of them are apparently more than 1,000 years old. Inthe 
immediate vicinity of the fortress below the stairways of the gallery are 
two remarkable rocks, evidently united at a remote period. They are 
called the “ Cistern” and the “ Audience Hall” rocks. On the summit 
of the former there is a tank holding now from four to five feet of water 
of considerable size, with a flight of steps leading into it. The 
Audience Rock formerly had a platform of stone supported on joists 
around it. The sockets are still clearly visible. Thethrone was split 
by tree roots when first discovered. There are caves beneath both 
rocks, containing shrines and stonework belonging to the original 
erections above. Further to the North of the hill there is a remark- 
able boulder called the “ Prison Rock,” partially supported on short 
stone pillars, with a line of square holes running horizontally across 
its face, evidently intended to support the roof beams of a building 
erected against it. Four rocks stand some distance to the West of 
Sigari, now cleared of the jungle which covered them in 1895. One 
is styled the “ Preaching Rock,” covered with grooving and stepping 
