Drain-hole in buttress in No. 12 Enclosure with large cement guides to lead water to it.
The suggestion made in description of the slight and poorly built east wall of No. 10 Enclosure that it was of later construction is confirmed.
CIRCULAR CEMENT PLATFORM WITH STEPS AND CARVED SOAPSTONE BEAMS, DISCOVERED 1903, ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE
ENTRANCE TO INNER PARALLEL PASSAGE FROM SOUTH PASSAGE, ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE
Circular granite cement platform with steps leading to summit.
This last-mentioned structure is worthy of more than a mere mention; as apart from its excellent construction and its position, its summit was found to be covered with soapstone beams, plain and decorated, while fragments of beams were lying all round its base. Near this spot numerous soapstone phalli, including one of very large size, were discovered.
This platform is 69 ft., N. 20, from the north face of the Conical Tower measured through the centre of the north entrance to the Sacred Enclosure. It has a circumference of 30 ft. 6 in., and is from 2 ft. 4 in. to 2 ft. 8 in. in height, with a rounded bevel at base 3 in. high and projecting 6 in. There are two boldly rounded steps, each 8 in. high, on the east side, and on the east side of the steps is a low cement parapet. This platform occupies a somewhat isolated position. Its summit was found to be buried for at least 2 ft. in soil. Close to the north side was a large tree, judged to have been almost one hundred years old. The roots of the tree had arched over and also encircled the structure, and so had preserved it. The roots had attempted to penetrate the cement, but failing to do so they passed completely round its face, and when cut away they were almost all semi-circular in shape.