WILKINSON Tony J., REKAVANDI Hamid Omrani, HOPPER Kristen, PRIESTMAN Seth, ROUSTAEI Kourosh & GALIATSATOS Nikolaos (2013), The Landscapes of the Gorgan Wall, in Persia's Imperial Power in Late Antiquity. The Great Wall of Gorgan and frontier landscapes of Sasanian Iran. British Institute of Persian Studies Archaeological Monograph Series II, Oxbow: Oxford, 24-132 (https://www.academia.edu/2642021/Wilkinson_Rekavandi_Hopper_Priestman_and_Roustaei_2013_The_Landscapes_of_the_Gorgan_Wall)
Surroundings:
Location:
- Iran (Islamic Republic of), Āqābād
- geo:37.307053,55.229095
- Location ± 0-5 m.
Period or year:
- 550~ / unknown
Class:
- Castle
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=18384
- livius:place=wall-of-alexander
- wikidata:entity=Q71551832
Annotations
Sasanian defense wall, directed against nomad tribes from Central Asia. The attribution to Alexander the Great is probably incorrect.
Nearby
Aqabad canal (2 km)
Aqabad canal
Sazman Noruzi (NTS-309) (2 km)
Prehistoric, Sasanian and Islamic (Abbasi 2011). 2,8 ha.
Sarli Makthum canal (2 km)
Sarli Makthum canal