"I don't know, but the lengths given are what we witness today and that is all we can work with.
We should not invent/postulate/assume variations, just go with the evidence provided...it's archeology's only means of discovering the truth. "

You are going by what is now visible from google photos? You have no idea what the original dimensions of the walls were. Intention of the AE means not a thing? You don't know the original end points of the walls. Your conclusions are based on faulty and incomplete data.