The region of Qa
zrin is known to be a large field of dolmens and tumuli that extends southward to the foot of the Golan Heights at the Sea of Galilee. C. Epstein had excavated many of the dolmens (
‘Atiqot 17:20–58*) and many others were documented in dolmen and tumuli surveys (
HA-ESI 106:5–8). The current survey was conducted in the south and southwestern parts of the neighborhood. Twenty-two sites were documented; most of them consisted of stone heaps, which were either dolmens or stone clearance heaps. Several were clearly dolmens and one was a large unique dolmen.
1. A ruinous dolmen; stone circle (?); a capstone found in situ.
2. A stone heap (diam. 7 m); nearby, a smaller stone heap, possibly a clearance heap.
3. A stone pile or clearance heap.
4. A stone pile or circle of stones.
5. A small stone pile or clearance heap.
6. A large stone heap, dolmen?
7. An elongated stone pile, possibly a clearance heap.
8. A large stone heap (diam. 9 m).
9. A large stone heap.
10. A large stone heap, dolmen (?; diam. 10 m); an oak tree is growing in the center of the heap.
11. A large dolmen, a capstone in situ (1.0 × 2.5 m); a stone circle around the dolmen and apparently, new stone terraces.
12. A stone heap with a circle of stones, dolmen (?).
13. A stone heap with a circle of stones (diam. 8 m).
14. A large stone heap.
15. A very large stone heap (diam. 12–14 m), possibly a dolmen.
16. A ruinous dolmen (?), stone heap with a circle of stones.
17. A stone heap with a built circle (?).
18. A large dolmen built of large stones with circumferential walls and a large capstone in situ; a large stone heap (diam. c. 25 m).
19. A complete dolmen with a capstone in situ; the stone heap was robbed.
20. A complete dolmen with a capstone in situ; the stone heap was robbed.
21. An open dolmen with a rectangular burial cell (0.8 × 2.0 m, depth 1.2 m); capstones are resting on the side; a circumferential stone wall.
22. A stone heap, probably a clearance heap.