. Mycenaean Troy, based on Dörpfeld's excavations in the sixth of the nine buried cities at Hissarlik. (57) 58 MYCENAEAN TROT / opened upon the gi-eat plateau of the later lowertown, and consequently was especially fitted by na-ture as an approach to the fortress. We can note the position of this gate in fig. ground plan, as it remained during the existenceof the VI City, without the walls of later structures,is seen in fig. 16. The gateway is m. to In-eadth, and is paved with blocks of stone, beneathwhich is a canal m. deep and to Fig. 16. Ground Plan
. Mycenaean Troy, based on Dörpfeld's excavations in the sixth of the nine buried cities at Hissarlik. (57) 58 MYCENAEAN TROT / opened upon the gi-eat plateau of the later lowertown, and consequently was especially fitted by na-ture as an approach to the fortress. We can note the position of this gate in fig. ground plan, as it remained during the existenceof the VI City, without the walls of later structures,is seen in fig. 16. The gateway is m. to In-eadth, and is paved with blocks of stone, beneathwhich is a canal m. deep and to Fig. 16. Ground Plan of South Gate wide for the carrying off of rain water. Since thisentrance was in use during the time of the VII andVIII settlements, there is some doubt as to whetherthe canal and pavement belong to the MycenaeanCity. On its east side the gateway is flanked by thecitadel wall (d g), 5 m. thick, while on the west therejuts out beyond the citadel wall, which is here m. thick, a massive rectangular tower (r 1 o p),constructed at a later period. In earlier times only atower-shaped projection (s p t u) extended from thefortress. Two unwrought blocks of stone, perhaps THE MYCENAEAN CITY 69 belonging to the VII Stratum and evidently intendedto guard the corners, stand at the front angles (g 1)of the gate. 18. The West Gate.^ We can note something ofthe form of the West Gate VI U in lig. 17, although
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