The gate of the two-storey rectangular-plan castle is on the north west side. Although the walls are standing the arches were demolished.[1] The masonry and design indicate that it was built in the 12th or 13th century during the period of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. The fortification was surveyed in 1981.[2] Located between Tece Castle and Başnalar this site guarded a route from the Mediterranean Sea to Cappadocia.[3] There are also ruins of a church, a monastery and a cistern around the castle.[4]
^Photographs and a plan of the fortification at Kuzucubelen [1]
^Edwards, Robert W. (1987). The Fortifications of Armenian Cilicia: Dumbarton Oaks Studies XXIII. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University. pp. 172–175. ISBN0-88402-163-7.