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Akkent Kale / Kulesi |
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Fortress |
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Eastern Anatolia |
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Mus |
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District:
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Bulanik |
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Village:
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Mollakent |
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Survey |
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| This site is 3,750 m Southwest of Mollakent Locality of Bulanık Suburb of Muş City. A survey that is planned to last 5 years is initiated at this site in 2009 by Biber-Çavuşoğlu. It is in Güllüce Çeşmesi Locality on a hill with an altitude of 1,600 m. The fort/tower is on the East tip of Akkent Hill and it has a rectangular plan (115 by 70 m) in the Northwest-Southeast direction. Large cyclopean stones are used in the walls of East part which fit in the beds opened in the main rock at places. Smaller multiple-surfaced limestone is used in the walls of North part which reflect no-workmanship. Both the wall reception technique and the pottery collected from the surface show that the fort/tower can be dated as Iron Age. Tracks of a building exist approximately 900 m Southeast of the fort which is 40 m in diameter, having a perfect round plan (as if drawn using a compass) surrounded by a small-planned series of stones. However it is not possible to make any comment on its function or feature. This site is in the list of registered archaeological sites created by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism [Biber-Çavuşoğlu 2011:206]. |
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