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is the entrance passage 2'.4" wide, 2'.4" long and
now 3'.3" high giving access to an oblong chamber
almost rectangular, measuring 8' in length
6' in greatest width and 10'.2" in height
from the present floor level to the slab that
forms the apex of the roof. In the S. [South] wall
3'.5" above the floor level is a small ambry
1'.5" in height, 1'.2" in depth and 1' in depth:
in the N. [North] wall at the same level is another
measuring 1'.6" x 1'.8" x 9": and in the wall
opposite the entrance a third exactly 10" square.
The full length of the N. [North] wall at the level of the base of
the ambry runs a shelf 10" in breadth now
partially broken off. This chamber is entire
except for a slight break in the wall in
the angle to the right of the entrance.
The greatest height of wall visible in the
interior is 13' and except for about 1/3 of
the circumference to the left of the entrance
there is an average elevation of from 10' - 12'
all round. To a height of about 6'.4" above
the present floor level in the interior there
is a scarcement about 1' in width. The
greatest height of wall visible on the
exterior is 9'.
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