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Piliv Fort FortHeight : 100
Type : Hill forts Fort Range : Nil
District : Solapur Grade : Easy
      This tiny fort is located on a small hill in Piliv village on the Pandharpur - Satara highway.
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Piliv Fort
Fascinating Spots :
      There are bastions on four corners of the fort and there are narrow windows (Jangyas) in the bastions and the fort wall. After entering from the main door one can find porches built in the door way for the gatekeepers. There is a structure opposite to the main entrance which is in a dilapidated condition. Within this structure on the right corner there is a room which is built below the bastion and has enclosed balconies which is supposed to be used for watch keeping purpose.

Moving back towards the main entrance of the fort one comes across stairs to the left side leading on to the fort wall and further on the bastions. The bastions are of 12 meters spread and there are narrow doors and steps built in. The walls of the bastions have narrow windows and enclosed balconies built in to accommodate cannons. There is a small 4 feet long cannon on the middle bastion. There are hardly any traces of other structures and monuments.
Ways To Reach :
      106 kms from Satara, 40 kms from Pandharpur and 48 kms from Dahiwadi is Piliv village.

The road to the left of Subhash Chowk takes us onto a hill where Piliv fort is located.
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Forts in the range of Nil
 Aguada  Akluj Fort  Arjungad  Bahadurwadi gad
 Banda Fort  Belapur Fort  Bhivagad  Bhushangad
 Chapora Fort  Colaba  Daulatmangal  Dharavi Fort
 Dhotri Fort (Gadhi)  Dubergad(Dubera)  Dutch Warehouse( Vengurla Fort)  Gharapuri
 Honnur Fort  Indragad  Induri Fort (Gadhi)  Jaigad
 Jamgaon Fort  Kakati Fort  Kaladgad  Karmala Fort
 Kharepatan fort  Kotkamate  Machnur  Mahim Fort ( Kelve - Mahim)
 Malegaon Fort  Mangalwedha  Manikgad  Moti Daman Fort
 Nagardhan  Nani Daman Fort (St.Jerome Fort)  Narayangad  Pachhapur Fort
 Palashi Fort  Pardi Fort  Parnera Fort  Parola
 Piliv Fort  Pimplas Kot  Raikot  Rajhansgad (Yellur Fort)
 Ramdurg  Rasalpur Sarai (Fort)  Riwa Fort  Sarjekot (Alibaug)
 Satavali Fort  Sewri Fort  Sitabuldi fort(Sitabardi Fort)  Subhan Mangal
 Suvarnadurg  Thalner  Vallabhgad(Hargapur)  Vijaydurg
 Yashwantgad(Nate)  Yawal Fort (Nimbalkar Fort)