Bordj El Berod is a ruined watchtower located somewhat south of the mouth of Oued Ksob near Essaouira, Morocco. This article is about ruins in Architecture; for other meanings see Ruins (disambiguation. A watchtower is a type of Fortification used in many parts of the world Oued Ksob is a River in western Morocco that discharges to the Atlantic Ocean on a broad beach slightly south of the city of Essaouira and slightly Essaouira (الصويرة eṣ-ṣauīrah formerly known as Mogador, its older name is a City / Wilaya and tourist resort in the western Moroccan Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa This structure is located on a broad sandy beach directly across from Phoenician ruins at the southeast tip of the main islet of Iles Purpuraires. Iles Purpuraires are a set of small Islands off the western coast of Morocco at the bay located at Essaouira. (Hogan, 2007) This beach is likely the one referred to in Herodotus' account of the Phoenicians' trading with the indigenous peoples of this part of western Morocco. Herodotus of Halicarnassus ( Greek: Hēródotos Halikarnāsseús) was a Greek Historian who lived in the 5th century BC ( 484 BC&ndash The term Indigenous Peoples or autochthonous peoples can be used to describe any Ethnic group who inhabit a geographic region with which they have the earliest historical About one kilometre inland is the village of Diabat. Diabat is a village in western Morocco near the coast of the Atlantic Ocean about two kilometres south of the city of Essaouira.
In popular culture
The locals tell that the ruin inspired the title of the Jimi Hendrix song "Castles Made of Sand" on The Jimi Hendrix Experience album Axis: Bold As Love. Axis Bold as Love is the second Studio album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
References
- C.Michael Hogan, Mogador: promontory fort, The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham, Nov. 2, 2007
- Herodotus (circa 425-450 BC) Histories, vol iv, 196
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