Kratul fortifications | panoramic view, ancient, castle ruins, archaeological site, interesting place

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The Kratul fortification is situated on the homonymous hill, 143 m above the sea level, 6 km to the northeast of Shkodra and 600 m distant from the Bridge of Mesi. The fortification wall encloses an elliptical shape area, which covers about 0.5 ha. The wall was built using large blocks on both curtains, while the core is filled with smaller stones.The blocks are unworked and no mortar has been used. The width of the wall gets at 3.35m while the height is 2.55m.
Three gates which served for communication have been identified. Two of them are across each other respectively on the north and south side, while the third one is on the east side. From a typological point of view the Kratul fortification is similar to that of Gajtan, although there are substantial changes in plan such as towers and the regular elliptic shape, which make it an interesting site. So far, there have been no trace of houses found inside the settlement. The archaeological material indicates that life at the settlement is active from the Early Iron Age until the 1st century A.D.