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Qasr el Uweinid: Satellite image of desert ridge setting for fort

Qasr el Uweinid: satellite image desert ridge setting for fort (Google Images 2019.)

The fort at Qasr el Uweinid sits on the spur of a ridgetop overlooking the desert, about 20 km south of the oasis at El Azraq. The fort's coordinates are N 31.784889, E 36.733574. Remains of circular bedouin livestock enclosures are scattered over the ridgetop.
The el Uweinid fort is of a trapezoidal form, about 50 x 35 m in area, with portions of the exterior or curtain wall preserved. A Roman road passed by, connecting el Uweinid with the larger fort at el Azraq to which it was attached as a subsidiary fort, with both forming part of the Limes
[Source: Kennedy and Riley 1990, Rome's Desert Frontier from the Air.]

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	Qasr el Uweinid: Satellite image of desert ridge setting for fort Qasr el Uweinid: satellite image desert ridge setting for fort (Google Images 2019.)

	The fort at Qasr el Uweinid sits on the spur of a ridgetop overlooking the desert, about 20 km south of the oasis at El Azraq. The fort's coordinates are N 31.784889, E 36.733574. Remains of circular bedouin livestock enclosures are scattered over the ridgetop. The el Uweinid fort is of a trapezoidal form, about 50 x 35 m in area, with portions of the exterior or curtain wall preserved. A Roman road passed by, connecting el Uweinid with the larger fort at el Azraq to which it was attached as a subsidiary fort, with both forming part of the Limes [Source: Kennedy and Riley 1990, Rome's Desert Frontier from the Air.]
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Qasr el Uweinid: Satellite image of desert ridge setting for fort

Qasr el Uweinid: satellite image desert ridge setting for fort (Google Images 2019.)

The fort at Qasr el Uweinid sits on the spur of a ridgetop overlooking the desert, about 20 km south of the oasis at El Azraq. The fort's coordinates are N 31.784889, E 36.733574. Remains of circular bedouin livestock enclosures are scattered over the ridgetop.

The el Uweinid fort is of a trapezoidal form, about 50 x 35 m in area, with portions of the exterior or curtain wall preserved. A Roman road passed by, connecting el Uweinid with the larger fort at el Azraq to which it was attached as a subsidiary fort, with both forming part of the Limes

[Source: Kennedy and Riley 1990, Rome's Desert Frontier from the Air.]

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