The Knights Hospitaller purchased the land in 1168 and soon built there a fortress.
Surroundings:
Location:
- Israel, Nevve Ur
- geo:32.595554,35.521389
- Location ± 0-5 m.
Class:
- Castle
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=21340
Annotations
Nearby
Siege of Belvoir Fortress
Siege of Belvoir Fortress
Gesher (3 km)
Early Neolithic and the Middle Bronze Age site.
Milestones (4 km)
Five to six milestones, probably from the Roman road that led from Scythopolis to Gedara and Tiberias, were found 1 km southeast of Tel Yissakhar, east of the highway and next to a high tension wire.