[Ancient Town-Planning by F. Haverfield]@TWC D-Link bookAncient Town-Planning CHAPTER V 5/39
wide, fed with fresh water from a neighbouring brook by an inlet at the south-western corner (C) and emptied by an outfall on the east (D).
One wooden bridge gave access to this artificial island at its southern end (E).
The area within the rampart, a little less than thirty acres in extent, was divided into four parts by two main streets, which would have intersected at right angles had the place been strictly rectangular; other narrower streets ran parallel to these main thoroughfares.
On the east side (F) was a small 'citadel'-- _arx_ or _templum_--with ditch, rampart and bridge of its own (G, H); in this were a trench and some pits (K) which seemed by their contents to be connected with ritual and religion.
Outside the whole (L, M) were two cemeteries, platforms of urns set curiously like the village itself, and also a little burning _ghat_.[43] The population of the village is necessarily doubtful.
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