Two squares were excavated along the lower northeastern slope of a gentle hill and two rock-hewn installations (F1, F4) and a quarry (F5; Fig. 1) were exposed on surface. Several salvage excavations had been conducted in the past, east and south of the hill, revealing bedrock-hewn installations and tombs (ESI 15; HA-ESI 112; HA-ESI 117).

A pit (F1; Loci 100, 105; width 1.2 m, depth c. 1.4 m; Figs. 2, 3) was exposed in the southeastern part of the area. Its upper part was natural and the bottom part was bedrock hewn. It seems that the pit was used to store water. A protruding rock, whose top part was hewn straight, was discerned in the northeastern part of the area (F4; Figs. 4, 5). On the upper part of the rock was a north–south oriented, narrow hewn channel (L106). On the southern side of the rock, a natural channel, which was hewn wider in several places (L108), was discerned. A jar rim that dated to the Byzantine period (Fig. 6:1) was discovered in the soil that filled Channel 108. It seems that these rock-cuttings were used to collect rainwater for the purpose of watering animals. A small quarry was exposed in the center of the area (F5; L107; c. 2 × 4 m; Fig. 7). The quarry was damaged in the modern era. A jar rim from the Byzantine–Umayyad periods (Fig. 6:2) was discovered in the soil that overlaid the quarry.

 

The few remains and finds at the site show that the hill was part of an open area in antiquity, which was used for quarrying and grazing.