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2. KHIRBIT IL-BARDHON.
About fifty minutes ride up the wadi, above Arak il-Emir, on the right bank as
one ascends, is a group of ruins of no great extent, but not without interest. I he
name of the place was given to us as Khirbit il-Bardhon; it appears to be the site
described by Captain Conder in his “Survey of Eastern Palestine”, and marked upon
his map as el-Bardawil. The ruins stand upon a high bluff around which the stream
curves in an irregular semicircle. On the summit of the bluff are the ruins ol an ex-
tensive villa or dwelling of some kind. To the southeast of this, on higher ground,
are a number of rock-hewn tombs, chiefly of the kind which consists of a deep grave
with an arcosolium on either side, and closed with a heavy sarcophagus cover. To
the northeast, part way down the slope, is a grotto with a ruined porch in front of it.
In the valley below, on the opposite side of the stream, there are ruins of waterwheel
aqueducts, some of them of considerable antiquity, others of no great age, and the
remains of what appears to be an ancient dam. On a higher level is a small village
quite recently built by Circassians. The ruin on the summit of the bluff, and the
portico of the grotto are worthy of description.
•Khirbit il-Bardhon·
■Bvilding onthi Hill·
Wl N DOW-
Ill. 17.
Villa. The villa (Ill. 17) consists of foundations and walls, 1 m. to 1.75 m. high
above the ground, from which a complete ground plan can be drawn, and a few
scattered bits of architectural ornament. The plan shows a somewhat irregular outline,
embracing two larger and two smaller apartments. The foundation course is preserved
intact. The long south wall is preserved in two courses throughout the greater part of
its length, and the west wall, preserving intact a second course, 1.10 m. high, is provided
with a row of deeply splayed incisions, which formed the lower parts of loophole
windows (see detail, Ill. 17) opening into the ends of the two larger apartments. A
number of carved lintels lie in and near the ruins, but only one of them was sufficiently
About fifty minutes ride up the wadi, above Arak il-Emir, on the right bank as
one ascends, is a group of ruins of no great extent, but not without interest. I he
name of the place was given to us as Khirbit il-Bardhon; it appears to be the site
described by Captain Conder in his “Survey of Eastern Palestine”, and marked upon
his map as el-Bardawil. The ruins stand upon a high bluff around which the stream
curves in an irregular semicircle. On the summit of the bluff are the ruins ol an ex-
tensive villa or dwelling of some kind. To the southeast of this, on higher ground,
are a number of rock-hewn tombs, chiefly of the kind which consists of a deep grave
with an arcosolium on either side, and closed with a heavy sarcophagus cover. To
the northeast, part way down the slope, is a grotto with a ruined porch in front of it.
In the valley below, on the opposite side of the stream, there are ruins of waterwheel
aqueducts, some of them of considerable antiquity, others of no great age, and the
remains of what appears to be an ancient dam. On a higher level is a small village
quite recently built by Circassians. The ruin on the summit of the bluff, and the
portico of the grotto are worthy of description.
•Khirbit il-Bardhon·
■Bvilding onthi Hill·
Wl N DOW-
Ill. 17.
Villa. The villa (Ill. 17) consists of foundations and walls, 1 m. to 1.75 m. high
above the ground, from which a complete ground plan can be drawn, and a few
scattered bits of architectural ornament. The plan shows a somewhat irregular outline,
embracing two larger and two smaller apartments. The foundation course is preserved
intact. The long south wall is preserved in two courses throughout the greater part of
its length, and the west wall, preserving intact a second course, 1.10 m. high, is provided
with a row of deeply splayed incisions, which formed the lower parts of loophole
windows (see detail, Ill. 17) opening into the ends of the two larger apartments. A
number of carved lintels lie in and near the ruins, but only one of them was sufficiently