Great Wall Blog » Uncategorized http://greatwall.se/blog Trekking the Great Wall of China Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:32:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Liaoning towers http://greatwall.se/blog/2009/06/liaoning-towers/ http://greatwall.se/blog/2009/06/liaoning-towers/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:58:29 +0000 admin http://greatwall.se/blog/?p=141 [...]]]> Along the Great Wall there are dozens of different watch towers, some of them are unique while others can be seen at numerous locations.

Liaoning watch tower

So far I have only seen this kind of towers in Liaoning province – in the section between Zhuizishan and Jinniudong.

Inside a watch tower

Inside there is one big room with a corridor all the way around it. In one end of the room a narrow staircase lead to the roof. Below is a sketch of one of these watch towers. Some have three windows in each side, some only two in one side and some also have a window beside the door in the main wall.

Watch tower layout

This is not like any towers I’ve seen so far in Hebei, so it might be a special Liaoning design.

Liaoning watch tower

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