Deir el-Ghawi - Chapel (?)
Church Name, type, function
Site Name:
Deir el-Ghawi
Church name:
Chapel (?)
Functional Type:
Monastic
Church type:
Unknown
Location
Coordinates, ITM system:
192.39
585.87
Coordinates, ICS system:
142.39
1,085.87
Geographical region:
Hebron Hills
Topographical location:
The site is located on a hilltop.
Distance from nearest bishop-seat:
ca. 40 km (Beth Govrin-Eleutheropolis)
Distance from Roman roads:
ca. 2 km north of the road that connected Beer Sheva with Hebron.
Provincial affiliation:
Palaestina I
Bishopric:
Eleutheropolis
Source of knowledge
Archaeological remains
Surveyed site
Surveyors:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
Conder and Kitchener | 1871-1877 |
Abel | 1933-1938 |
General description
State of preservation/which parts were uncovered:
The site was surveyed but in recent years the whole area has been built over and the remains are buried under a house. The remains consist of a complex of rooms built in a semicircle around the hilltop. Remains of another structure are located southeast of the complex. The structure is square, its northern, eastern and southern walls visible. It is 23 m in its north-south axis but the east-west dimensions are unclear. The structure is entered on the northern side. The walls are of ashlars on the outside and dressed stones on the inside. The walls, at the time of the surveys, remained to the height of one course.
Description
Small finds
Small finds illustrative material:
Architectural Evolution
| Dating material | Phase no. | Century |
|---|---|---|
Speculative. | Phase 1 | 5th-6th c. |
Speculative. | Abandonment | 7th-8th c. |