Quarries of various sizes are concentrated in limestone outcrops in an area of c. 10 dunams. Most of the quarries are rectangular with straight sides and have 2–4 hewn steps (height 0.25–0.35 m; Table 1). In a few instances, stones were found in situ, having hewn severance channels (width 6–10 cm) around them. A small amount of stone dressing debris was found in some quarries, indicating the stones were probably dressed in-situ.
 
Table 1. The Quarries
Locus
Dimensions (m)
Comments
Fig.
103
In the north: 2.0×3.4, height 0.95–1.45;
In the south: 2.9×6.0, height 2.2
4–6 quarrying steps and a severance channel
1
104
3.7×4.3, height 2.05
4–7 quarrying steps, several stones at the bottom of the quarry (0.2×0.5×0.8 m)
1
107
1.5×4.0
3–4 quarrying steps in bedrock that apparently became detached from the side of the quarry to its west
2
108
4.5×5.0
4 quarrying steps and a severance channel in the north; 2–3 quarrying steps in the south
3
109
3.5×8.5
3–4 quarrying steps
3
111
2.3×3.0 in the west, 2.6×3.5 m in the east
1–3 quarrying steps
4
112
5.0–6.5×11.0, height 1.75
1–4 quarrying steps and a severance channel
5
113
2.5×6.5, height 0.8–1.8 m
5 quarrying steps, a severance channel and several detached stones that were not finished
5, 6
114
1.5×10.0, height 0.8
2–3 quarrying steps
7
116
1.0–1.5×5.0–7.8, height 1
3–4 quarrying steps, a severance channel
8
 
Natural cavities that had been enlarged and quarried (L105, L106, L115; Figs. 9–11), probably for the purpose of mining raw material for the lime industry, were identified in the qirton bedrock beneath the nari. It seems that in several places, the quarrymen aimed specifically for the easy and convenient nari that was suitable for building stones; when the layer of nari was exhausted, they stopped quarrying the stone and began mining the qirton.
The quarries were covered with a layer of forest soil that contained a few potsherds dating to the Early Roman period, including two jars (Fig. 12).
 
It became clear that the quarries were abandoned after being exploited to their maximum potential. The meager ceramic artifacts and the alluvium did not allow dating the quarries; however, it was established that the rock-cuttings in the qirton postdated those in the nari, and that the terrace wall behind them was probably modern.