Heritage record
Salling Khar (Fort)
Gilgit-BaltistanFortProtected
Located in the Saling village at the foot of a hill, this fort-palace is located only 6 km away from the town of Khaplu, on a flat piece of land on the right bank of Shyok River. The fort palace was built with a traditional cribbage and cator structure, using timber, stone, adobe and mud. It is a two-level building, featuring a dominant balcony on its eastern side. It has a rectangular plan and consists of an inner courtyard on the first floor, surrounded with a row of residential rooms, storage space, kitchens, stables, etc.
- Record ID
- 8227
- Province / territory
- Gilgit-Baltistan
- District
- Ghanche
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Fort
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 35.19441, 76.38175 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Anonymous. (Miscellaneous). Tourism, Sports, Culture, Archaeology & Museum Department Gilgit-Baltistan. Miscellaneous.
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