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The
former
town
of
Hoşap
lay
on
the
flat
ground
north
of
the
castle
rock
and
in
the
enclosed
space
on
the
opposite
side
of
the
castle
from
the
road;
the
present
village
extends
into
this
space.
The
town
was
defended
at
one
corner
by
the
castle
and
elsewhere
by
a
wall,
which
originally
started
from
the
ends
of
the
castle’s
two
cliffs.
Built
of
mud,
and
toothed
with
the
remains
of
mud
battlements,
the
wall
of
the
early
Ottoman
period
can
still
be
seen
in
stretches.
On
the
north
of
the
former
town
it
now
starts
from
a
point
beyond
but
the
line
of
the
cliff,
near
the
Van
road
and
extends
along
a
natural
ridge
eastwards.
From
the
castle’s
southerly
cliff
the
wall
crosses
the
low
saddle
to
the
north-east.
The
two
walls
meet
at
the
summit
of
the
next
hill,
in
order
to
keep
control
of
all
the
land
commanding
the
town.
Beyond
this
hill’s
summit
stretches
a
seemingly
empty
expanse
of
low,
spreading
hills.
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