We’re here (for shots taken from up high) on the remains of the outer wall of the Greek and Roman temple precinct from the period of Troia VIII/IX (third century BC – 500 AD). In front lie the fortifications of Troia/Ilios. They contain the East Tower, East Wall (with its gate) and behind those palaces, all of the Troia VI period (c. 1700-1250 BC). On the fortification walls remains of houses from Troia VII.
Troia VI was probably destroyed c. 1250 BC by an earthquake, Troia VIIa and VIIb by fire.
The total circumference of the fortification-wall around the citadel amounts to 550 m. of which approximately 330 are still preserved. The wall in our front was sloping slightly inward, and with 6 meters of height and 4 of thickness provided support for a wooden superstructure which reached another 3-4 meters up. Apart from wood mudbricks would be used, later to be supplanted by a narrow stone wall. Two overlapping sections of wall constitute the entrance to the citadel. Already in the Hellenistic period the eastern all of the gateway was deeply cut into by the retaining and foundation wall of the temple precinct.
The East Tower is a massive tower built outside the wall in a late phase of Troia VI. It is 11 meters wide and projects 8 meters from the face of the wall. Its eastern wall is three meters thick. It consisted of two storeys with a wooden floor in between. Access to the tower was only possible at the second storey level.