text_original: It was built partly on three hills, the buttresses of a long ridge which turned a wide river, and on the ridge itself, and partly on the flat shore of the river, on either side, hillward and plainward: but a great white wall girt it all about, which went right over the river as a bridge, and on the plain side it was exceeding high, so that its battlements might be somewhat evened with those of the hill wall above.
text_transcription: IT WAS BUILT PARTLY ON THREE HILLS THE BUTTRESSES OF A LONG RIDGE WHICH TURNED A WIDE RIVER AND ON THE RIDGE ITSELF AND PARTLY ON THE FLAT SHORE OF THE RIVER ON EITHER SIDE HILL WARD AND PLAINWARD BUT A GREAT WHITE WALL GIRTED ALL ABOUT WHICH WENT RIGHT OVER THE RIVER AS A BRIDGE AND ON THE PLAIN SIDE IT WAS EXCEEDING HIGH SO THAT ITS BATTLEMENTS MIGHT BE SOMEWHAT EVENED WITH THOSE OF THE HILL WALL ABOVE
phonemes: ɪt wʌz bˈɪlt pˈɑːɹtli ˌɔn θɹˈiː hˈɪlz, ðə bˈʌtɹəsᵻz əvə lˈɔŋ ɹˈɪdʒ wˌɪtʃ tˈɜːnd ɐ wˈaɪd ɹˈɪvɚ, ænd ɔnðə ɹˈɪdʒ ɪtsˈɛlf, ænd pˈɑːɹtli ɔnðə flˈæt ʃˈɔːɹ ʌvðə ɹˈɪvɚ, ˌɔn ˈiːðɚ sˈaɪd, hˈɪlwɚd ænd plˈeɪnwɚd: bˌʌt ɐ ɡɹˈeɪt wˈaɪt wˈɔːl ɡˈɜːt ɪɾ ˈɔːl ɐbˈaʊt, wˌɪtʃ wɛnt ɹˈaɪt ˌoʊvɚ ðə ɹˈɪvɚɹ æz ɐ bɹˈɪdʒ, ænd ɔnðə plˈeɪn sˈaɪd ɪt wʌz ɛksˈiːdɪŋ hˈaɪ, sˌoʊ ðæt ɪts bˈæɾəlmənts mˌaɪt biː sˈʌmwʌt ˈiːvənd wɪð ðoʊz ʌvðə hˈɪl wˈɔːl əbˈʌv.