I once wrote kind of an article whetrein I stated that these "platforms" once had been hills and even mountains, but been flattened through centuries of (dwarfish =?) work.
That was my explanation of them. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />