Shengeldy

Shengeldy was a fortified caravanserai on a route through the Ili valley. Its roughly square enclosure had walls and towers at the corners, providing a stopping place for travellers between the towns of Zhetysu. Archaeological evidence dates the site from the tenth to the early thirteenth century, with rebuilding in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Traces of a clay-pipe water supply were recorded near the ruins.