Jordan. Ma'an fort (Qala'a Ma'an)
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Title
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Jordan. Ma'an fort (Qala'a Ma'an)
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Description
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This site lies on the south eastern fringe of the modern town of Ma'an adjacent to the Wadi al-Mahattan. Immediately to the north east of the site are a large number of walled gardens built of much brick and watered by a complex irrigation system. The structures surveyed were a fort, a reservoir and a small aqueduct...The fort at Ma'an has until 1983 been used as a prison by the Jordanian government. Petersen, Andrew D. 1986. Early Ottoman Forts on the Hajj Route in Jordan. Ph.D. University of Oxford, p.86. Petersen also cites the presence of crenelations and an inscription (p.87-91), "This site lies on the south eastern fringe of the modern town of Ma'an adjacent to the Wadi al-Mahattan. Immediately to the north east of the site are a large number of walled gardens built of much brick and watered by a complex irrigation system. The structures surveyed were a fort, a reservoir and a small aqueduct...The fort at Ma'an has until 1983 been used as a prison by the Jordanian government." Petersen, Andrew D. 1986. Early Ottoman Forts on the Hajj Route in Jordan. Ph.D. University of Oxford, p.86. Petersen also cites the presence of crenelations and an inscription (p.87-91)
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Place
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Ma'an Fort - Ma'an (Jordan)
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Identifier
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LKJ_J_S_071
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Tag
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archaeological sites
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fortification
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Access Rights
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106153
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