Tarout Castle
قلعة تاروت | |
![]() The north part of the castle, September 2016 | |
Location | Tarout Island, Saudi arabia |
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History | |
Founded | 16th century AD |
Site notes | |
Condition | partly destroyed |
Fort Tarout or Tarout Castle (Arabic: قلعة تاروت) is a historical castle located on Tarout Island, Qatif, eastern Saudi Arabia. The base of the castle goes back to 5000 BC. The castle was built on the base of an old Phoenician temple, that was dedicated to Astarte, in the 16th century between 1515 and 1520 AD and it is surrounded by a wide wall constructed with sea mud, gypsum, and fourosh rocks. The fort has a total area of roughly 600 square metres (6,500 sq ft).[1]
The fort is located on a hill in the center of Tarout Island. That hill is the highest place on the island. There used to be a spring beside the castle called "Ayyin Aloudda" (the old spring), that was the main source of water for the castle.
References
- ↑ الأنصاري، جلال بن خالد الهارون - 24 / 3 / 2011م العدد (60) - مجلة الواحة
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