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to enclose an almost rectangular space, the sides being 289 

 and 287 feet long, and 238 and 234 feet wide, measuring 

 from the centre of the walls. It was evident that these flat 

 stones formed the foundations of the boundary-wall of the 

 court-yard. On each side of them there was usually an 

 upright slab set on edge, the whole foundation having a 

 general width of four feet. The stones were from eight 

 to twelve inches thick, and were uncut, being merely split 

 to the shape required by means of wedges. 



Inside this enclosure were the foundations of other walls, 

 which, when traced out and examined, were found to have 

 supported the roof of a tiled building carried round an 

 inner court-yard. The total length of this structure was 

 114 feet, and its breadth was 105 feet. The width of the 

 roofed building was 17 feet, the enclosed court-yard being 

 thus 80 feet long and 69 feet wide. Stone pillars stood 

 in the walls at distances apart varying from eight to fourteen 

 feet; they were merely wedged rough stones about nine 

 inches square. In the middle of this inner court-yard was 

 another rectangular tiled structure, 34 feet long and 22 feet 

 wide, which appears to have been the royal residence. 

 There was a verandah, four feet wide, round the building, 

 which is included in the above measurements, so that it is 

 evident that the apartments were of small dimensions. 

 I should presume that this structure had at least one upper 

 storey. 



A few small tiled buildings existed in the outer court- 

 yard, two of them perhaps being guard-houses, 24 feet 

 square, immediately inside the western entrance ; and there 

 is also a deep stone-lined well of rectangular cross-section, 

 measuring eight feet by seven feet. Extending for a length 

 of 100 feet on the inside of the north wall, and having 

 its roof resting on it, was a tiled shed or building, six or 

 eight feet wide, which once had a stone floor. This, with 

 probably a verandah, may perhaps have formed the royal 

 stables. A building, which I take to be the guest-house, 

 36 feet long and 20 feet wide, stood near the south-east 

 corner of the enclosure. In front of it, to the south, and 

 only two feet from its wall, was a platform of stone slabs 

 dressed smooth on the upper surface, about 12 feet long 

 and 8 feet wide, on which the guests washed their feet 



