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The fort and its associated yard cover a square kilometer (0.4 sq mi). It used to be surrounded by high walls made of small, poorly assembled stones combined with lime. The northeast courtyard wall was separated by a deep moat and perhaps a moving (lifting) bridge from the remains of the
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