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Marnuk Kalesi |
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Fortress |
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Altitude:
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Region:
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Eastern Anatolia |
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Province:
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Mus |
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District:
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Bulanik |
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Village:
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Mollakent |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Period:
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Early Iron Age |
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| This site is approximately 4 km Southwest of Mollakent Locality of Bulanık Suburb of Muş City and on a rocky, high hill. A survey that is planned to last 5 years is initiated at this site in 2009 by Biber-Çavuşoğlu. Marnuk Creek flowing from the Southeast of the fort circles around its South and West and reaches to Devealan Plain at North. Marnuk Fort is located on a dominant position over the farmlands on the Marnuk locality at its South and on Zoğar Locality at its North. The site is 2,250 m from Akkent Fort in the Southeast and 2,350 m from Urartu Water Reservoir which is known as Gavur Bendi. The two sections (Outer Fort and Inner Fort) of Marnuk Fort is erected on two different terraces one in the East and the other in the West. The inner fort is on the Eastern terrace which is wider (95 by 105 m) and it is approximately 40 by 50 m wide. The part of the fort that resides on the Western Terrace is narrower (50 by 55 m). The access to the fort is via an antique road. The entrance is in the East and the road continues into the Eastern Terrace within the fort. Both outer and the inner fort are surrounded by walls which remain 1 m at places and is made by limestone having none or partial workmanship. There are tower-shaped bulges on the wall to overcome a possible the defence vulnerability of the fort that is caused by the topographical structure of the area. There are foundations of stone walled buildings on the Western side of the fort as well as in the inner fort. Both of the fort walls and the building walls are made of cyclopean-sized, irregular, multi-cornered stones. This building technique shows that the fort belongs to Early Iron Age. And pieces captured from the surface belong to Early and Middle Iron Age as well [Biber-Çavuşoğlu 2011:205]. |
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