Founded around 510 BC, Tocra was one of the first ports settled from Cyrene. Tocra was
built using soft sandstone, which has proved unable to withstand the earthquakes that the centuries have wrought upon the Cyrenaican.
After passing through the gate into Tocra, you walk between columns in varying states of disrepair. Over the wall to your right are the excavated remains of Roman tombs cut into the rock wall of a sunken pit. The fort itself, no morethan 100m from the gate, is compact and