No. XII.
RYACOTTA, IN THE BARRAMAH'L.
Ryacotta is one of the highest and strongest hill forts of the Barramah'l; it was taken in Earl Cornwallis's third campaign against the late Tippoo Sultaun in July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, by Major Gowdie, who soon carrying by assault the lower works which enclosed the Pettah; the Killedar, after a slight resistance, "gave up this lofty spacious fort, which ought to have yielded only to famine and a tedious blockade."[1]
Ryacotta, in the Barramah'l.