A little nearer we came upon a great ditch.

The sides had fallen in, in many places; sometimes it was quite filled up, and everywhere it was overgrown with thick brushwood, as was the hill itself.

It seems that this ditch runs quite round the base of the hill, and is three miles long.

Climbing up through the thicket of thorny bushes and out upon the terraces, it became quite evident that the hill had been artificially shaped.

The terraces were built up with blocks of solid stone, and paved with the same.