On the east side is a very well-built wall 10 ft. 6 in. long, 4 ft. 6 in. high, and 3 ft. wide on its present summit, with a finely constructed rounded end tapering upwards and facing south. The rounded end is 7 ft. high, and rises from the floor of No. 9 Enclosure, which is on the east side but on a lower level.
The south end of the passage is 4 ft. wide, but the north end is 6 ft. 6 in. wide, but is narrowed to 2 ft. 6 in. by a rounded buttress 4 ft. 6 in. high, and this and the rounded wall opposite, which forms the other side of the entrance, have upright portcullis-like grooves.
The floor of the passage is paved with flat shallow stones covered for 2 in. in depth with granite cement.
NO. 11 ENCLOSURE
This immediately adjoins on the north side of Sacred Enclosure (east). On the west side it is bounded by The Platform, on the east by a large rounded buttress which separates it from No. 12 Enclosure, but its northern boundary, if any, is at present difficult to determine.
Through this enclosure is the northern entrance to the Sacred Enclosure, and this entrance is within 8 ft. of the north face of the Conical Tower. Evidently both from its close proximity to the Sacred Enclosure, the Tower, and The Platform, the ancient occupiers considered this enclosure to be of importance, and the splendid construction of the massive steps leading toward the tower would appear to further confirm the correctness of this conjecture.
The area is, south side 18 ft.; west 14 ft.; east 14 ft.; and north 17 ft.
The wall on the south side is 13 ft. high at its western end, but is reduced by dilapidation to 6 ft. at the entrance to the Sacred Enclosure. At its highest point are five parallel horizontal bands of green chlorite schist[55] separated from each other by two courses of granite blocks. This wall is excellently built, and most patently differs in style and excellence of construction from the same wall which also forms the southern side of No. 12 Enclosure, and the difference strongly suggests that during the later ancient occupation the part of the wall which was continued into the adjoining enclosure fell down and was rebuilt only in a poorer style. This can also be seen on the opposite face of the wall in the Sacred Enclosure.
The wall on the west side is the outer face of the east wall of The Platform. This is 9 ft. high, measuring from the granite cement step at its base, and 10 ft. long. At the north end of this wall, which is rounded, is the approach to the summit of The Platform. On the face of this wall, and starting from the entrance to the Sacred Enclosure, is a decoration of seven parallel and horizontal rows of green chlorite schist, with two courses of granite blocks between each. Each row begins close up to the entrance, but all terminate towards the north of the wall, each lower row extending some 6 in. more north than the one above it.
On the east side the rounded buttress projects 6 ft. 6 in. from the south wall, and is still 4 ft. 6 in. high, and 11 ft. long measuring towards the east. This length may be divided into two portions, the eastern part which is angular and of poor construction, being in all probability a later erection to support the joint in the superior and poorer portions of the south wall, also the western portion already described. On the north side of this buttress is a granite cement floor raised 4 in. above the floor of the enclosure, and the step is rounded along its edge. The western and northern sides of this buttress were once faced with granite cement 3 in. thick in the form of a dado. A portion of this cement still remains on the north side, and the quality of the cement is identical with the cement found in dado fashion on the faces of other walls in the temple and on the Acropolis. The eastern addition to this buttress does not appear ever to have had a cemented dado.