The heights of the two standing monoliths are: the erect monolith 8 ft. above The Platform, and the slanting monolith 11 ft. 6 in., and their respective circumferences are 2 ft. 2 in. and 2 ft. 9 in. The one in front of the Dentelle Pattern slants considerably to due north.[60] Its base, built into the wall, must be of great length to support the enormous weight of this large and slanting slab of granite, especially as this monolith had once been of greater length. The fracture on its top can be seen from the summit of the boulder behind. The fractured portion was found at the foot of the stairs, and this measures 3 ft. 2 in., thus making the exposed portion of the monolith not less than 14 ft. 8 in. in length. There is no evidence of the slanting of the monolith having taken place since its erection.
BALCONY WALL
This is on the south side of The Platform, from which it is reached. The top of this wall is level with the top of the Winding Stairs, and it forms the western end of East Passage, and the eastern wall of the Western Temple. It is 21 ft. long and from 4 ft. to 6 ft. wide. Through it is the Covered Passage (see Western Temple).
LITTLE ENCLOSURE
This can be seen from the Balcony Wall between the southern end of which and the Upper Passage it lies. It is 8 ft. deep, 5 ft. wide, and 11 ft. long. The entrance appears to have been at outside of the south-western end of the Upper Passage. It is almost entirely filled up with débris. It once had a granite cement dado 3 in. thick on its sides, some of which still remain intact. It is from this enclosure that the drain-hole on the west side of the Upper Passage emerges.
THE WINDING STAIRS
These lead from The Platform to the East Passage, which again leads to the eastern extremity of the Acropolis Ruins. The stairs are 14 ft. long, and descend 8 ft., and are 4 ft. to 6 ft. wide. The wall on the south side is 4 ft. to 7 ft. high as the stairs descend. The wall at the east end is 7 ft. high. The face of a huge boulder forms the north side. The foot of the stairs, where they turn towards the south, is covered by a narrow wall supported by an old wooden beam. This beam is not ancient, but the old Makalanga who occupied these ruins may have inserted it to make the stairs safer to use. Fragments of slate lintel were found in the débris at the foot of the stairs.
UPPER PASSAGE
This passage, which is 28 ft. long, connects the bottom of the Winding Stairs and the south side of the interior of the Western Temple. On the east side the wall is from 4 ft. 6 in. to 6 ft. high, and 5 ft. to 10 ft. on the west side. It is 3 ft. 6 in. wide throughout. It is approached at the northern end between buttresses, the one on the west side being round, while the one on the eastern side is rounded on the inner side and angular on the outer side. On the west side are the remains of a drain emerging from the Little Enclosure and a fragment of the slate beam which once carried the wall across it is still to be seen in the hole. This passage, though at the foot of the Winding Stairs, is some 8 ft. higher than the present floor of the Western Temple.