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Salar Kalesi

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Salar Kalesi
Type:
Slope Settlement
Altitude:
405 m
Region:
Black Sea
Province:
Sinop
District:
Boyabat
Village:
Salar
Investigation Method:
Survey
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It is located south-southwest of the village of Salar; 15 km west of the district of Boyabat in the province of Sinop and is well-known with the Paphlagonian type rock tomb. Especially the northwestern and western slopes; besides the materials dating to the Hellenistic and Roman periods when the castle was occupied; have yielded EBA ceramics which indicate a settlement in an earlier phase.
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