In the Northern rampart is a large
oblong bastion in the fort wall on the top of which was formerly placed a heavy battery
called Sultan Bateri. Within this is a dungeon, hidden from the view. It is about 100' X
40' and has a low vaulted brick roof. It is said that many English prisioners were
confined here.
At North-East cornerof the fort is another dungeon about 45' X 32' which is called as
Irman's Dungeon who discovered this in 1895. In this dungeon, many Maratha and others were
kept during Haider and Tipu's period as captives.
The so called 'Malabar hut' dungeon in which many important British officers were kept is
now no more.
-Decription courtesy Archeological Survey of
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