Heritage record
Pidarak Fortress
BalochistanFortressProtected
This fortress of medieval period lies in the center of the modern settlement of Pidarak Oasis. Due to encroachments the fortress is in a state of continuous degradation. Surface finds consists of pottery of late Islamic period with some shards e.g., basket-ridged ware of 3rd millennium BCE.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 8494
- Province / territory
- Balochistan
- District
- Makran
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Fortress
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 25.84583, 63.23750 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Masih, Farzand. (1994). Explorations in Makran (Gawadar and Turbat Districts, 1988). Lahore Museum Bulletin , Centenary Issue, 1994.
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