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without mortar and might easily be taken
for work of a good Roman period,
but all the superstructures, The walls,
vaults etc. seem to have been relaid
at a later time.

The sloping sides of the conical hill
rise from a broad, deep moat which
encircled the hill and was largely cut
out of the solid rock. They show evidence
of having been completely paved with
large stones evenly laid up to the base
of the walls.

Towers. The towers at the S.W. angle, one square
and one on a rectangular
base, have foundations which might easily
be Roman. They seem to have guarded
a gateway which was closed in
mediaeval times. The square one (to the left as
you face them) has a postern entering
from the passage. Over this is an insc.
in late Arabic letters.