Ancient walled enclosure
| ruins, wall(s), archaeological site
Turkey /
Sirnak /
Idil /
World
/ Turkey
/ Sirnak
/ Idil
ruins, wall(s), archaeological site
Circular enclosure of roughly 450m in diameter, with 35 towers roughly equally spaced around the circumference. Constructed primarily of large blocks basalt and mud brick without cement. According to Poidebard, likely of Assyrian or Hittite origin. Circular urban fortifications are also a feature of the Sasanid Empire.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 37°2'2"N 41°47'40"E
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- Defensive wall 419 km
- Defensive barrier 447 km
- Ruins of the outer wall of Nebuchadnezzar II 552 km
- Second Perimeter Wall of Adra Prison Complex 619 km
- Walled perimeter of Ancient Jerash 756 km
- The historic old walled city of Nicosia 786 km
- Roman wall 869 km
- The ruins of the walls of ancient City of Ephesus 1282 km
- Old city 1508 km
- Tell Abra 0.9 km
- Al-Jawadiyah Subdistrict 1.7 km
- عربشاه 7.1 km
- Şeburk 12 km
- Military Base / Askeri Us 13 km
- Derik Area (DFNS) 21 km
- Al-Qahtaniyah District 26 km
- Tur Abdin 48 km
- Şırnak Province 78 km
- Mardin Province 86 km