This, along with the thick perimeter wall around the city, is an age-old technique in Arab towns.

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But prison authorities have launched an investigation after the bomb making parts were uncovered buried near the jail's perimeter wall.

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The British Foreign Office confirmed a "compound perimeter wall" of the embassy collapsed, adding that its ambassador has met with the community and offered condolences.

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The new market was rebuilt using as much of the original material as possible, with the addition of a new perimeter wall which saw local tradesmen employed to create ornamental details.

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The Dragons had a fright early on when wing Justin Murphy smashed over the perimeter wall and landed awkwardly on some concrete steps after running into the in-goal area to chase a kick through.

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Local legend has it that Mary Queen of Scots spent a night there while a prisoner at Sheffield Castle, and in the perimeter wall there is a monument to a young man killed by a stag in the late 1400s.

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The rest of it - the five watchtowers, concrete perimeter wall, 57 concrete 'kiosks' (which stored the nuclear warheads) and other testing and maintenance buildings - have deteriorated and the 'scheduled monument' has now been put on the at-risk register by English Heritage.

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He stocked the park with deer and erected a wall along its perimeter, keeping the animals in and the commoners out.

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John Wall scored 33 points for the Wizards, who gave the Knicks way too much shooting space on the perimeter and lost their 10th in a row at Madison Square Garden.

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