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Site WatchSite Name: Kurul Fortress Alternative Name: Kurul KalesiCountry: Turkey
NOTE: This site is 58.945 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Ordu Nearest Village: Bayadı
Latitude: 40.902200N Longitude: 37.915600E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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A 2nd century BCE hillfort / castle from the time of Mithridates VI, king of Pontus. In Ordu Province, Turkey. The discovery of the historic Kybele sculpture (pictured) during recent excavations caused great excitement, with approximately 15,000 people rushing to the city to view the sculpture.
But although archaeological works continue to be conducted on the castle, dynamite is detonated every day on the slope of the Kurul Rocks overlooking the Melet River, creating grave danger for the castle. See the comment below for more details.
Note: Goddess statue and 2100-year-old castle threatened by dynamite in the north of Turkey
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