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are, as at Tiryinthe, roughly levelled, but erosion has [handwritten: illegible annotation above line] made to disappear on many blocks, the face which was in remains only incidentally at ground level.
There no longer exist today any traces of mortar having been used as a bond between the large blocks, one fills the vertical joints generally well fitted. | The considerable of the blocks made this precaution probably superfluous | However the second course and the superstructure of the enclosure having been torn away everywhere, we do not know whether the outer face had been entirely raised without use of mortie A mortar of clayey earth mixed with stone chips seems to have been used for the assembly of the blocks more smaller on the inner face of the enclosure, [handwritten: illegible] for as it was the case also for other Mycenaean enclosures.
The interval between the two faces is filled by a rubble of stones which has almost everywhere been removed [handwritten: illegible] after the abandonment of the town whose ruins served as a quarry. This rubble is strongly compacted, the little earth which fills the interstices seems to come from infiltration and not from a intentional mixture.
The part of the enclosure which rises towards the cliff on the sea side presents a peculiarity which does not exist in the other sections so far cleared. | It is reinforced with massive square towers arranged at irregular varying between 5 and 9 metres. | In mesh of 2 to 3 m. outer face of the enclosure, these towers allowed the Fargeaux to strike the foot of the walls. Accumulations of
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