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Observation Tower |
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2000 m |
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Eastern Anatolia |
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Erzurum |
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Senkaya |
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Survey |
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| It locates at a height of 2000 m, in the valley opening to Mount Allahuekber, 3 km southeast of Senkaya District in Erzurum Province. It overlooks the roads connecting Senkaya and Sarikamis. The east and west are surrounded by the great valleys and the streams flow. It was discovered during the survey conducted by Alpaslan Ceylan and his team in 2014. It has been illicitly dug. The city walls measure 2 m in width, and the south side is 3 m wide. The watchtower was built in the cyclopean technique with stones measuring approximately 80x100 cm. The watchtower measures 8x12 m. The interior section of the watchtower is filled with the rubble of city walls. Large and small stones were used in the construction of the city walls. The foundation was built with larger stones measuring about 2x1 m. The wall consists of 7 courses of stones. It is believed that it was used during EBA, IA and Middle Age [Ceylan et al. 2016:462-3]. |
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