Lady Ethelfleda, daughter of King Alfred, built the donjon-keep upon an artificial mound of earth that can still be traced in the castle grounds.
The Round Tower stands upon an artificial mound, and what was formerly its surrounding ditch is now a sunken garden.
The most striking structure in this sacred enclosure is "an artificial mound, nearly one hundred and fifty feet high, having five summits, crowned with as many temples.
On the western bank of the Euphrates, midway between Birejik and the mouth of the Sajur, rises an artificial mound of earth, under which ruins and sculptured blocks of stone had been found from time to time.
The temple was erected on an artificial mound or platform, more than twelve feet in height, and its walls and ceiling within were brilliant with gold.
Like the palace of Eyuk, it was erected on an artificial mound or terrace of earth, and its ornamentation seems to have been similar to that of Eyuk.
Accordingly even in Assyria, stone was for the most part used only for pavements, plinths and the lining of walls: at times however it was also used for the retaining walls which enclosed an artificial mound.
The tower in question is circular in form, and comprises two stages; it is not built on an artificial mound, but on the natural soil, and is still standing to the height of twenty-four feet.
The house at Mukeyyer was erected on an artificial mound of crude brick upon which a pavement of burnt brick was laid, the house itself being built of the same material.
Mr Neilson says, "It certainly bears out its reputation as an artificial mound.
Mr Orpen writes: "The site of Wexford Castle is an artificial mound.
An artificial mound on the west side of the bay, called the Corbie's Knowe, bears evident marks of having been a castle long previous to the erection of Redcastle.
There is an artificial mound at Ardree, turned into a graveyard, and near it a levelled platform above the river, on which stands Ardree House.
The throne of the king stood upon an elevated platform, probably an artificial mound, in the hill country.
Some of the Arabs declared it to be an artificial mound; others said, that it was a mountain of stones.
The bas-reliefs round the chamber represented the siege of a castle standing on an artificial mound, surrounded at its base by houses.
That part of the basement against which the great artificial mound or platform abutted, and which was consequently concealed by it, that is, the eastern and southern sides, was of simple stone masonry without recesses or ornament.
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