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<< Our Photo Pages >> Id-Dwejra Fortified Tower - Broch or Nuraghe in Malta in Gozo

Submitted by enkidu41 on Wednesday, 20 October 2004  Page Views: 4787

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Id-Dwejra Fortified Tower
Country: Malta
NOTE: This site is 0.872 km away from the location you searched for.

Island: Gozo Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Victoria  Nearest Village: San Lawrenz
Latitude: 36.053527N  Longitude: 14.188971E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
1 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Id-Dwejra Fortified Tower
Id-Dwejra Fortified Tower submitted by enkidu41 : View from the north. In the foreground is one of the Id-Dwejra Cart Ruts. (Vote or comment on this photo)
These remains are to be found on the cliff tops overlooking the popular Inland Sea and Azure Window at Dwejra on Gozo. They lie alongside the Id-Dwejra Cart Ruts.

Only about one-fifth of the original structure survives. It is an arc consisting of a double-skinned wall built of large, roughly shaped blocks infilled with rubble. The thickness of the walls suggest the structure was tall and extending the arc indicates that the original structure was circular with a diameter of about 9 metres. There has been no in-depth archaeological investigation but the size, construction and cliff-top situation suggests it was defensive. Although the building techniques seem more primitive there is resemblance to the Scottish brochs and much more strongly to the Sardinian nuraghi. It seems very likely that it performed a similar function.
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Id-Dwejra Fortified Tower
Id-Dwejra Fortified Tower submitted by enkidu41 : View from the north showing part of the Id-Dwejra Cart Ruts. These veer away to the east (left of picture) to avoid the tower showing that the tower was the earlier of the two features. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Id-Dwejra Fortified Tower
Id-Dwejra Fortified Tower submitted by enkidu41 : View from the south taken from a precarious position on a very steep slope! It is likely that the stones in the foreground once formed part of the tower. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Id-Dwejra Fortified Tower
Id-Dwejra Fortified Tower submitted by enkidu41 : View from the west displaying (if you look carefully) the double-skinned wall and rubble infill. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Id-Dwejra Fortified Tower
Id-Dwejra Fortified Tower submitted by enkidu41 : View from the north overlooking Inland Sea. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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