Beaufort, Francis: Karamania, or a brief description of the south coast of Asia-Minor and of the remains of antiquity: with plans, views, &c. ; collected during a survey of that coast, under the orders of the lords commissioners of the admiralty, in the years 1811 & 1812 (London, 1817)

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pear to have belonged originally to a com-
plete course along the whole front. The
ditch and outer wall intervening, we could
only decypher them by the assistance of
a pocket telescope. The following frag-
ment seems to point to the age of Ha-
drian for the date of the building :—

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STfiOAYM * * niAP * X * * * MEnz * fll AHMAPXIKH
*flTHPITHSOIKOYME****
NHS HBOYAH

The inside walls and towers appear to
have been substantial and well built, the
quoin stones are neatly chiselled, and
the whole has a look of finish : but the
two outer walls, which inclose the ditch,
seem to be of inferior workmanship.
High up, in the face of a square tower,
through which there is a gateway, we
remarked two coats of arms, and on a
small adjacent tablet, some barbarous
Latin characters of the middle ages.*

* See the vignette.