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Starting work from the edge of the hole (B) which was 
found by Mr. Irby, the coolies cleared away the peat and 
earth to a depth of from two to two-and-a-half feet. It 
then became evident that what had appeared to be a hole 
with slightly elevated edges, was a depression in the top of a 
truncated cone, which had been constructed of rubbly bricks. 
The cone was faced with blocks of dressed granite, with 
bricks interspersed in places, on the side nearest to the plat- 
le (Ad) discovered by Mr. Irby. Furthermore 
this sheathing was continued as a rough pavement to the 
edge of the remains of Mr. Irby’s platform. The rest of the 
cone was without sheathing. Rough measurements of the 
cone are as follows: depth, after excavation to bedrock, just- 
over one metre ; diameter four metres (civca). The pavement 
had a maximum breadth of four metres. 
Excavation of the depression at the apex of the cone 
resulted in the discovery of only one object of interest. This 
was a ring-stone of granite. It was encountered at a depth 
dressed granite blocks. Its exterior diameter is roughly 
23 cms., while that of the hole is 12°5 cms., the breadth of 
the edge in ben Be one eae being roughly 5°5 cms , and the 
depth about Io c 
Some Bane ket remains, seemingly of former vegetation, were 
encountered in a little bay on the north-western side of the 
pavement, close to Mr. Irby’s platform. These remains 
extended also under the pavement, as was proved by digging 
away a little earth. The probability is, therefore, that the 
vegetation of the hilltop was burnt off before the pavement 
was laid. 
Charcoal was fairly common in the soil around the cone 
and pavement, but was not present in ae quantities. 
Some was also met with in the hollow in the c 
The platform found by Mr. Irby, as feneree above, 
a small amount of humus was scraped away, and also a 
fragment of the pavement itseli—composed of bricks and 
granite blocks, not of laterite—as well as three of the granite 
edging stones, still in position. Excavation of the hole in 
the centre yie ielded nothing of interest, as a large boulder, 
possibly merely an outcrop of the local ‘rock was encountered 
almost immediately, and, as to have removed this, if possible, 
would have note ed further destruction, I decided not to 
attempt to dos 
When sca! parts of the remains had been explored, I 
turned my attention to the northern edge of the mountain- 
top in the vicinity, for here also the peaty deposit had not 
been burnt. On stripping this away we came across rubbly 
bricks embedded in earth, forming a rough platform anda 
