Tawseelah Castle

The Castle of Tawseelah (from Arabic: قلعة توصيلة, (Persian: قلعه توصیله), Aamaj castle is a fortified structure surrounded by trenches in North Kukherd Rural District in Kukherd District, Hormozgan Province in south Iran.

Tawseelah castle was a squared fortified structure situated 1000 away from Kukherd city and located on an average hill above the palm oasis in the Shamo valley in the Durakhi mountain at Northern west of Kukherd city, which added remarkably to its altitude and height.

It was the center of government of that area as well as it acted as fortified military base for some time and was surrounded by a huge trench for protection.

A trench was an ancient defensive strategic feature utilized to defend the cities, castles and the forts in Persia before Islamic era.

This is the third castle In Kukherd city in the Hormozgan Province of southern Iran.

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