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Location

  • Türkiye, Demircihalil
  • geo:41.803352,27.308018

Period or year

  • -5xx~ / unknown

Classification

  • fort
  • Visible

Burunucu Kale - Demircihali

data access 58600

Burunucu Kale at Demircihali villege was discovered during a survey on the "Turkish Fortresses" conducted in 1995 by I.H. Kurtulus in the Thrace Region. It is located at Burunucu Mevkii in the Demircihalil Village, north of Kirklareli. Erected on a high hill, the fortress was surrounded  with walls on the west, north and east sides.. Only the southern and souteastern part of  wall preserved. The walls have been demolished and spreaded. On  the northwest part preserved traces of stairways, carved into the rock leading down to the river.  It was reported that the ruins belong to a Thracian fortress.

Sources:

  1.  Burunucu Kalesi - The Archaeological Settlements of Turkey - TAY Project
  2. Andreas Külzer, Byzantinische Festungen im Grenzgebiet der thrakischen Provinzen Eurōpē und Haimimontos, In: Bulgaria mediaevalis vol. 3 (2012)

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2018-12-27) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/58600
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Suggested citation: Elżbieta , Burunucu Kale - Demircihali. https://vici.org/vici/58600, accessed 2026-11-06.