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Sangni Fort

PunjabFortProtected
The fort has a roughly square in plan, measuring 44x44x9.5m. There are four bastions, in part octagonal and in part semi circular, a half abutting inside and the others projecting outside on all sides, except for the eastern side. The fort is constructed in standard size bricks masonry laid in lime mortar. Main gate is provided on the southern side flanked by two octagonal bastions.
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Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.

Record ID
6922
Province / territory
Punjab
District
Rawalpindi
Tehsil
Gujar Khan
Typology
Monument
Subtype
Fort
Period
Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
33.37167, 73.45000 — source-provided, not field-verified
Verification status
source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
Sources
Khan, Muhammad Ashraf et.al. (2010). Archaeological Remains and Monuments of Islamabad Capital Territory and District Rawalpindi. Journal of Asian Civilizations, Vol. 33, No. 2, Dec 2010.

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