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Marot Fort

PunjabFortProtected
The fort is rectangular in plan, measuring 141m on the southern side and 250m on the west externally. Two of the surviving bastions at southwest and northeast are 9m in dia. The burnt bricks used in the fortification walls are of varying sizes, some measuring 32x20x5 cm and 21.5x63.5x3.1 cm. At present, the entire fort is in advanced stage of ruins and most of its original layout has disappeared.
Record ID
6999
Province / territory
Punjab
District
Bahawalnagar
Typology
Monument
Subtype
Fort
Period
Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
29.17778, 72.43611 — 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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