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measure by two enormous wild fig trees growing from the southeast 

 side, and which apparently have their roots right through the 

 building. Very small portions of the original wall of the lower tier 

 are to be seen, so great is the damage done. In fact this applies to 

 the lower tier on all sides with the exception of the northwest side, 

 which, as already stated, is in the better repair. 



The entrance is about one meter wide, and has large rough flat 

 stones for steps, placed along its whole length, which is 5.2 m., 

 gradually rising to the top, and coming out due west of the "curl" 

 and almost against it. 



The center of the building on top, and inside the walls of the 

 second tier, has apparently been filled in with earth. Many rough 

 planks of some very hard wood, averaging about 40 cm. in width and 

 7.6 cm. in thickness, were found lying here. Their original lengths 

 must have been about 2.5 m. All have oval holes cut along the 

 sides, and they must have been fastened together, as the iron hasps 

 still remain in many of them, the hasps being in very fair condition 

 considering the great dampness always prevailing just where they 

 were found. Whether these planks had anything to do with the 

 structure I cannot say, but it almost seems as if they had been made 

 to serve as a sort of platform across the earthen portion, already 

 referred to, inside the walls. In some cases the wood is in excel- 

 lent condition. 



The "curl" is oval and its greatest length is 2.6 m. In the 

 center, on top, lies a large flat stone, giving it the appearance of 

 being capped. The greatest length of this stone is 1.3 m., with an 

 extreme breadth of 1.1 m., and its general thickness is about 10 cm. 

 For what purpose it was placed there, whether for ornament or not, 

 does not appear. 



On the northwest, or entrance, side the lower tier rises from a 

 built foundation of large, rough, flat stones, in all about 1.5 m. in 

 height. In taking the height of the lower tier on this side the 

 height of the foundation was not included. 



Close against the entrance are two monoliths, one large and one 

 small (pi. 1, 1). The larger one, of slate, is 2.4 m. high, 40 cm. 

 wide, and 10 cm. thick. The smaller one, close against it and 

 Y-shaped, is 1.2 m. in height, 30 cm. wide, and 10 cm. thick. These 

 two monoliths stand directly in front of the entrance. 



Almost due north of these entrance monoliths, at a distance of 

 2.3 m., there are two more monoliths close together, the smaller one 

 1.2 m. high, 20 cm. wide, and 10 cm. thick ; the larger one 1.7 m. 

 high, 30 cm. wide, and 10 cm. thick. At a distance of r.8 m. due 



