Heritage record
Machki Fort
PunjabFortProtected
It was built of burnt brick by one Lal Khan, son of Ikhtiyar Khan Kehrani in 1777 CE, measuring 38m between corner bastions, with 2 m thick walls standing 5 m high. The corner bastions are 13 m in dia. and stand 12 m high. The passage to the gateway is 2m wide, flanked by a number of rooms, the corner bastions are double storeyed and are approached through a winding staircase nearly 1m wide.
- Record ID
- 6994
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Rahim Yar Khan
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Fort
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 28.34056, 70.60639 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Mughal, Mohammad Rafique. (1997). Forts in Cholistan. Ancient Cholistan, Archaeology and Architecture.
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