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DALGOPOL, OVCHAGA FORTRESS

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Late Antiquity and Medieval fortress “Ovchaga” is located in the northern beginning of one of the passages of the Eastern Balkan Mountains.The fortress is situated 2.37 km Southeast from the town of Dalgopol, 50 km away from Varna. It is situated on a natural hill on the right bank of the river Luda Kamchi and has the shape of an irregular rectangle of approximately 20 decares. The fortress is protected by a powerful wall of white stone mortar stones. The walls of massive buildings and numerous fragments of construction and household ceramics from V-VI and XIII-XIV centuries are visible in the fortified area, among which from sgraffito vessels, are visible on the terrain.

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