Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c11.s2.2

c11.s2.2

Normally the width of the fort wall at the base is 30 m from one slope-end to the other slope-end and the top rounded in its appearance is 10 m wide, at present. The moat width, on an average is about 12 m at the base and about 22 m at the top, with a raised earth pitching on either side, with the result that the interior rise goes with the fort wall and the exterior becomes one with the natural ground. There are two main gates (entrances) one on the north and the other on the south-^east. One Diddi-gate on the west almost in the mid-way of the western wing of the fortwall, is also in its ruins (Fig.8).