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(room XIII), as the latter is divided by the southern pillar from the extension beyond it (rooms IX and X).
In the northern part, in room XIV and almost on the same axis we have evidence of further supports. Here twin pillars stood in a transverse line, of which a broken shaft of stone remains on the east (damaged by the conflagration) and on the west a built posthole in floor V. The post-hole was full of ashes indicating that the post was of timber and was burnt in the fire. These twin posts may have been added to support one of the transverse roof beams which showed signs of weakness. or to carry a partition in the upper storey Under this north part of the room there existed a cavity in the original bedrock possibly the dromos or the chamber of an earlier tomb, which at the time of the building operations was filled with boulders tightly packed. Some subsidence in this filling may have strained the roof and necessitated the addition of the twin supports.
The doorway of room XIV is in the centre of the north wall; it is 2 m. in width but unfortunately the threshold was destroyed by a pit dug by tomb-searchers.
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