Ustra Medieval Fortress | ruined castle, Medieval / Middle Ages

 ruined castle, Medieval / Middle Ages

The area of the fortress is 1.2 decares and its wall is double-bend with length of 113 m. At ground level the wall is 2.8 m wide, 1.75 m in the upper parts and at certain places is preserved up to 8 m. The fortress had 3 defensive towers – one semicircular and two rectangular with three floors each. The first floors were underground and were used for water storage. They were grouted with mortar coating – a mixture of mortar combined with crashed bricks and coarse pieces of pottery. The towers had internal stairs that can be seen even now. The entrance was from the east and the door was vertically opened. Some steps cut in the rock are still preserved. Eight rooms in the southern and southeastern part of the fortress were established. The biggest is with sizes оf 11 m/6 m and the smallest with 0.5 m/1.7 m. The rooms were also on three floors. The ground floor is 5.8 m deep and was used either for warehouse or water storage. The upper two floors were inhabited. Archeological excavations took place in the fortress in 1973. Over 1000 metal objects were found – iron arrows, pieces of a helmet, bronze and silver crosses, 14 pottery utensils, cup-shaped copper coins. Written data for the fortress are given by Georgi Akropolit (in 13th century in his Annals).

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