🇮🇷 Iran · Fortress
Ziwiye (Ziviyeh)
Iron Age III (900–600 BCE) · Mannaean–Scythian
Iron Age III (900–600 BCE) fortress of Mannaean–Scythian in Kurdistan Province, Saqqez (c.750 BCE).
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Cafarlet
Cafarlet or Capharleth (Crusader name) or Kafr Lam (Arabic name) is an Early Muslim coastal fortress of the Roman castrum type.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
Patnos / Aznavur Tepe
Urartian (810–730 BCE) · Urartian (Menua)
Urartian (810–730 BCE) fortress of Urartian (Menua) in Ağrı Province, Patnos Plain (c.800 BCE).
🇮🇹 Italy · Fortress
Castello della Magione
The Castello della Magione (also Magione di San Giovanni al Ponte or Spedale di San Giovanni in Gerusalemme alla Magione) is a medieval castle in Poggibonsi (province of Siena, central Italy) that…
🇴🇲 Oman · Fortress
Bahla Fort
Bahla Fort (Arabic: قلعة بهلاء, romanized: Qalʿat Bahlāʿ) is one of four historic fortresses situated at the foot of the Jebel Akhdar highlands in Oman and was the country's first UNESCO-listed fort…
Mandatory Palestine · Fortress
Kafr Lam
Kafr Lam (Arabic: كفر لام) was a Palestinian Arab village located 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of Haifa on the Mediterranean coast.
🇦🇱 Albania · Fortress
Dajti Castle
Dajti Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Dajtit) is a 1.12 hectares (2.8 acres) archaeological site in Albania, comprising the ruins of a Roman fortification and several dwellings.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Fortress
Dhat al-Hajj
Dhat al-Hajj is an archaeological site in the Tabuk Province of Saudi Arabia, located north of Tabuk and 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) south of the border with Jordan.
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Ein Hemed
Ein Hemed is a national park and nature reserve in Israel, in the hills seven kilometres west of modern Jerusalem and some 12 kilometres west of the Old City.
🇩🇰 Denmark · Fortress
Gamleborg
Gamleborg, also known as Gamleborg Viking Fortress, was the first fortification on the Danish island of Bornholm.
🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Fortress
Chilhudzhra
Sogdian 5th–8th c → Samanid–Karakhanid 10th–13th c · Sogdian → Samanid Islamic (Zeravshan valley)
Chilhudzhra (Fortress of Forty Daughters) — Sogdian–Islamic mountain fortress (5th–13th c CE) 60 km east Panjakent, Zeravshan valley Fann foothills, excavated 1960s–80s Negmatov and Pulatov.
🇩🇪 Germany · Fortress
Heidenmauer (Palatinate)
The Heidenmauer ("heathen wall") near the Palatine county town of Bad Dürkheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate is a circular rampart or ringwork, two and a half kilometres long, which was…
🇮🇷 Iran · Fortress
Gerdkooh Hills
Gerdkooh ancient hills (Persian: تپه باستان گردکوه) consists of three hills, the tallest of which is 26 m in height. Their history has been estimated to date back to the Iron Age.
Mandatory Palestine · Fortress
Al-Qastal, Jerusalem
Al-Qastal ("Kastel", Arabic: القسطل) was a Palestinian village located eight kilometers west of Jerusalem and named for a Crusader castle once standing on the hilltop.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Fortress
Krustpils Castle
Krustpils Castle (German: Kreutzburg, Polish: Krzyżbork) is a castle in Jēkabpils, in the Latgale region of Latvia. It is one of the best preserved medieval castles in Latvia.
🇯🇪 Jersey · Fortress
Fort Regent
Fort Regent is a 19th-century fortification and leisure centre on Mont de la Ville (Town Hill), in St. Helier, Jersey.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress
Danebury Hillfort — Outer Entrance Hornwork
Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture
Danebury Hillfort — Outer Entrance Hornwork in England, Hampshire, Stockbridge, United Kingdom is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) fortress attribu…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress
Burroughston Broch
Burroughston Broch is an Iron Age broch located on the island of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, in Scotland (grid reference HY54062100).
🇺🇸 United States · Fortress
Fort Ancient — North Embankment Gateway (Warren County)
Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture; Hopewell
Fort Ancient — North Embankment Gateway (Warren County) in Ohio, Warren County, Fort Ancient, United States is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) for…
🇰🇵 North Korea · Fortress
Chongam-ri Earthen Castle
The Chongam-ri Earthen Castle is a fortification thought to date to the Gojoseon period. Located near Pyongyang, North Korea, it is similar to other earthen fortifications of the period.
🇦🇱 Albania · Fortress
Berat Castle
Berat Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Beratit), also referred to as the Citadel of Berat and castle quarter, is a fortress overlooking the town of Berat, Albania.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Fortress
Kot Diji — Citadel East Rampart
Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture
Kot Diji — Citadel East Rampart in Sindh, Khairpur, Kot Diji, Pakistan is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Iron Age fortifie…
🇵🇹 Portugal · Fortress
Castle of Penas Róias
The Castle of Penas Roias (Portuguese: Castelo de Penas Roias) is a Portuguese medieval castle in the civil parish of Penas Roias, municipality of Mogadouro, in the Portuguese of district of Bragança.
🇸🇾 Syria · Fortress
Citadel of Garh Strath
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Citadel of Garh Strath in Homs Governorate, Syria is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) fortress attributed to Chalcolithic culture.