Heritage record
Botee Shikar
Gilgit-BaltistanFortProtected
This fort was constructed by Moyal Singh the rural of the small area Gunji about 300 years ago through a Kashmiri carpenter. This fort has 4 stories and still standing in its actual shape. It was used for protection of villager`s lives during battle. There is only one gate to enter in the shikar. A moveable stair is used for going up to upper stories.
- Record ID
- 7962
- Province / territory
- Gilgit-Baltistan
- District
- Skardu
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Fort
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 35.61336, 74.99892 — 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 Unpublished.
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