Troy - Information Point 3

Information Point 3

North-East Bastion

The 8m/26ft high substructure of fine dressed stone with a receding embankment once bore a clay brick superstructure giving the gate a commanding height. Within the gate is a square well hewn from the rock and descending to a considerable depth. It remained in use for a long period.

In the Troy VIII period a flight of steps was constructed on the north side of the tower leading down to another well outside the tower. The great retaining wall to the southeast dates from the Roman period. In the background, the auditorium of the Greek and Roman theater can be seen with the Dümrek Çayi plain (Simois) beyond.