Site: Bodrum
Country: Turkey
Region: Cilicia, South-Central Turkey
Location : 37° 10’ N, 36° 11’ E
Cultures: Armenian
Description:

Bodrum [Late antique: Hierapolis (Hieropolis) or Kastabala (Castabala)] is a garrison fortress with two baileys, primarily of Armenian construction, with six rounded towers or salients.  This site is above the late antique city of Kastabala near the eastern edge of the Cilicia Pedias.  It guarded two routes north to Cappadocia, via Amuda, Kadirli, Kum, and Geben, as well as the road leading to Savranda and the Maras-Antioch highway.

Ref: Fortifications, pp. 92-95; Eerdmans, Robert W. Edwards, “Kastabala,” vol. 2, pp. 8-9; Hierapolis, pp. 9-40; Burgen, pp. 137-139; Châteaux, pp. 48-49.

Alternate Site Names and Spellings: Hierapolis, Hieropolis, Kastabala, Castabala, Ἱεράπολις, Καστάβαλα