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MASSIVE POLYGONAL MASONRY. [CHAP.
the ground offers no great difference of level. But the
most remarkable object of this kind which I found,
remains to be described: it is seen about half a mile
to the north-east of the metdhki, and consists of con-
siderable remains of walls, the stones of which are
polygonal: their massiveness gives them almost as good
a claim to admiration as those of Tiryns itself. This
portion of them, of which I made a sketch, is nearly
thirteen feet high.
Their thickness is about six feet, and the height of
what now stands generally varies from three to twelve
feet. They extend along the north-eastern side of the
city, for about half a mile. Pococke seems to have ob-
served these remains; and, I suppose, means to describe
them when he says: " at the north end, which is the
highest, there seems to have been a castle, and some
walls of rusticated stone remain which are nine feet
thick."
To the north-east and north of the metdkhi is an
extensive brick building consisting of numerous arches,
some above ground and others below. Any vaulted
building is called a tholos by the Greeks, and they took
MASSIVE POLYGONAL MASONRY. [CHAP.
the ground offers no great difference of level. But the
most remarkable object of this kind which I found,
remains to be described: it is seen about half a mile
to the north-east of the metdhki, and consists of con-
siderable remains of walls, the stones of which are
polygonal: their massiveness gives them almost as good
a claim to admiration as those of Tiryns itself. This
portion of them, of which I made a sketch, is nearly
thirteen feet high.
Their thickness is about six feet, and the height of
what now stands generally varies from three to twelve
feet. They extend along the north-eastern side of the
city, for about half a mile. Pococke seems to have ob-
served these remains; and, I suppose, means to describe
them when he says: " at the north end, which is the
highest, there seems to have been a castle, and some
walls of rusticated stone remain which are nine feet
thick."
To the north-east and north of the metdkhi is an
extensive brick building consisting of numerous arches,
some above ground and others below. Any vaulted
building is called a tholos by the Greeks, and they took