DOI article:
Godlewski, Włodzimierz: Old Dongola town fortifications, 1993
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43746#0133
exterior face was built of courses of broken stone and measures c.
120-150 cm at a height of about 3.50 m. Built parallelly with the
mudbrick core, this stone casing was quite probably wider at the
bottom since it generally has a slightly sloping character and
narrows toward the top. The tower, which was founded on
bedrock, was 8.90 m long and 6.30 m wide where it joined the
wall. About 6.5 m of its height has been preserved; originally it
must have been much higher.
Fig. 2. Plan of the northwestern tower.
Drawn by Agnieszka Gryglewska.
The northeastern tower was built in a similar fashion. It is
8.55 m long and 5.70 m wide. The foundations were not touched,
but it is definitely better preserved than the northwestern tower.
Considering that a late habitation was found to occupy the top of
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120-150 cm at a height of about 3.50 m. Built parallelly with the
mudbrick core, this stone casing was quite probably wider at the
bottom since it generally has a slightly sloping character and
narrows toward the top. The tower, which was founded on
bedrock, was 8.90 m long and 6.30 m wide where it joined the
wall. About 6.5 m of its height has been preserved; originally it
must have been much higher.
Fig. 2. Plan of the northwestern tower.
Drawn by Agnieszka Gryglewska.
The northeastern tower was built in a similar fashion. It is
8.55 m long and 5.70 m wide. The foundations were not touched,
but it is definitely better preserved than the northwestern tower.
Considering that a late habitation was found to occupy the top of
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