Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c15.s2.14

c15.s2.14

The watch-tower (Fig.54) has thick and deep stone wall at the peripheral zone to a height of 10 m. from the ground level and again in the middle zone there is another similar stone wall of about 8 m. high. But the size and the method of construction of these two walls at the bottom and in the middle differ from each other. The blocks of the stones of lower wall are not so well cut and are of large size while those of the middle zone are well cut and are of smaller size. Further, the watch-tower has an off-set looking like a step in the front and the back in between the two walls. What appears strange there is that the Watch-Tower had been considerably renovated in considerable measure; thus its exact original plan is not clear. The present flight of steps in all probability is added after the renovation of the original one.