NO. 14 ENCLOSURE
This enclosure, which is on the east side of the temple, is where the Inner Parallel Passage opens into the interior of the building. The area is 47 ft. from north to south, and 42 ft. east to west. It is open on the north and west sides where it adjoins No. 15 Enclosure and the Central Area respectively.
The east side is formed by the south entrance to Inner Parallel Passage by the large buttress, 7 ft. high, projecting into, and forming, the south side of the entrance to that passage, and by a length of 17 ft. of the west wall of the large Parallel Passage which is here 14 ft. high.
The south side is bounded by the divisional wall, 5 ft. high, between this enclosure and No. 13 Enclosure. In this wall is a rounded entrance between the two enclosures.
The west side is open to the interior of the temple, but at 42 ft. in that direction there are traces of a wall running north and south which probably formed its west side.
The north side was once formed by a wall of which traces can yet be seen, and which once divided this enclosure from No. 15 Enclosure.
Projecting from the north face of the south wall are the remains of a sub-divisional wall. Several large, rounded structures of cement are on the south-west side of the enclosure. The topmost floor of the enclosure is made of a pinkish-coloured clay, which evidently has been burnt. Under this floor was found sections of carved soapstone beams, a few pieces of beaten gold, and other relics. On the surface of this floor only superior-made native articles were found, and the floor was covered by at least 2 ft. of rich black vegetable mould. Several trees which were growing in this enclosure have recently been removed.