POSSELT RUINS
These ruins are the most westerly of the lower section of The Valley of Ruins. They consist of two almost oval-shaped buildings adjoining each other, and for the purposes of this description are marked A and B respectively on the plan. This set of ruins lies at the north-east extremity of the North-East Passage leading from the Elliptical Temple.
A is 175 ft. long from north to south, and 91 ft. from east to west. B lies at almost right angles to A on its south-west side, and is 110 ft. from east to west, and 75 ft. from north to south.
The interesting points concerning the Posselt Ruins are:—
(1) The discovery of beaten gold and of the older class of relics.
(2) Two entrances with unworked soapstone beams used as lintels in portcullis grooves.
(3) Complicated entrances; a small conical tower; cement dadoes; a parallel passage; circular and semi-circular buttresses; only slight artificial filling-in of interior; some evidence of occupation by old or modern natives.
(4) Massive character of walls originally averaging at least 15 ft. in height; excellent construction, main walls being superior to many divisional walls in the Elliptical Temple and to most of the walls on the Acropolis; the overwhelming predominance of the rounded style of architecture.
(5) No evidence of either ancient or native industries having been carried on in these ruins.