10 George Dahl, 



bay. On the north the chief ruins of ancient Dor line the shore. 

 A deep moat separated the tower from the town. The height of 

 the tower was about 40 'feet; its top was 58.8 feet above the sea- 

 level. The tower formed the northeast corner of a square fortress; 

 the foundations of another corner tower can be seen near by. 

 The whole was built of rubble and small stones, faced with well-cut 

 stones about two feet six inches long and two feet high. The 

 mortar was very thickly laid around the stones, and contained 

 pieces of red pottery. The style and material of construction and a 

 pointed arch in the east wall would seem to indicate that the tower 

 was Crusading work. The foundations, however, are evidently 

 much older'. On the 15th of January, 1895, the tower collapsed, 

 leaving nothing of this important landmark but a heap of debris 

 and the foundations'. It is safe to assume that the tower stones 

 suitable for building purposes have long since been carried off to 

 near-by Tanttira or to other towns along the coast*. 



The mound, covering the site of the city itself, is about two 

 hundred yards long, and comprises an area of several acres adjacent 

 to the sea*. Broken masonry and fragments of glass and pottery 

 cover it. Of the larger stones only a few pillar shafts remain, the 

 greater part of the fallen blocks having been dug up and removed. 

 The mound extends as far as the promontory on which the tower 

 stands. Its flat top is about twenty to thirty feet above the level 

 of the shore. On the edge of the mound near the sea, east of the 

 debris of the tower, the mutilated remains of a colonnade may be 

 seen. The bases and capitals are of a rude Byzantine character, 

 resembling those found east of the Jordan and elsewhere, M-hich 

 are dated as of the fifth century^ The shafts are three feet in 

 diameter. East of this colonnade is the moat mentioned above 

 near which a number of drums of columns lie scattered about 

 on the ground®. The city walls can no longer be clearly traced. 



iGuer., Sam. 2:306. 



2 Dr. G. Schumacher in P.E.F.Q., 1895, p. 113. 



^P.E.F.Q., 1883, p. 99; ibid., 1887, p. 84. 



^ P.E.F.Q., 1873, pp. 99 f; S.W.P. Mem. II, p. 8; Guerin {Sam. 3:308) 

 gives the dimensions of ancient Dor as 1800 meters long and about 670 

 meters wide; this evidently includes the various ruins, graves, etc., outside 

 the city proper. 



' S.W.P. Mem. 11, p. S. 



'Ibid.; Guer., Sam. 2:307. 



