Heritage record
Qalamdarchi Fort
Gilgit-BaltistanFortProtected
Qalamdarchi Fort is strategically very important situated above Misgar leading to the famous Kilik and Mintaka passes. After Sust a road from the KKH leads to Misgar parallel to the Chapurson River. Now the Fort is under the custody of the forces. It has a complex, a defensive wall, a watch tower constructed in a corner of the fort. Inside a well is found for reserve water. It is constructed purely for military purpose. The plan is oblong.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 7809
- Province / territory
- Gilgit-Baltistan
- District
- Hunza
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Fort
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 36.81917, 74.71111 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Anonymous. (Miscellaneous). Built Heritage of Gilgit Baltistan by Baltistan Culture and Development Foundation. Unpublished.
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