Jalan Bani Bu Hassan Tower

Jalan Bani Bu Hassan Tower stands in the town of Jalan Bani Bu Hassan, in the Ash Sharqiyah South Governorate in Oman.

The town of Jalan Bani Bu Hassan lies mainly stretched along the east side of the Wadi Bani Khalid, with date palm plantations on both banks of the wadi and some smaller suburbs on the west side of the wadi. This tower is in a small suburb on the west bank. It is the only tower I visited here, but I saw many more while driving through the wadi.

I don't know the name of this tower, so I just named it after the town. It looks like its base was restored, maybe to consolidate it.

Jalan Bani Bu Hassan Tower can freely be visited, but only externally. A nice, slender watch tower. The town of Jalan Bani Bu Hassan makes for a great visit, if you are a castle-nut like me, as there are several other fortifications strewn in and about the town. First, the large and restored Jalan Bani Bu Hassan Fort, but also the castles/forts of Awlad Murshid, Sayaaria, Falaj Al Fahiya, Al Khuwaisa and Al Mashayikh. Sayaaria Castle is within a 5-minute walk.

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