A Thirteenth-Century Hall at Montfort Castle in Western Galilee

Bibliographic Data

ID8886291
AuthorsReginald Denys Pringle (corresponding author), Peter Leach, Peter E Leach
Year1986
Volume66
Issue1
Pages52-81
Publication date1986-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Antiquaries Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-5815 • E-ISSN: 1758-5309
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003581500084481
OpenAlexW2165100029
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited7

An isolated building in the Wadi al-Qarn below the castle of Montfort has attracted the attention of travellers for over two centuries. Various explanations have been suggested for it. A detailed survey, however, carried out in September 1982, now allows its character to be understood more fully than hitherto. It is suggested that the earliest part of the structure was a mill-house, associated witha masonry dam built across the valley. This phase may be dated to the twelfth or thirteenth century before 1228, when it is possible to identify it with a mill dependent on the village of Trefile , which belonged at that date to the Teutonic Order. The second phase represents a domestic hall, built over the top of the mill-house, which then went out of use. The hall's architecture and masonry marks allow it to be associated with a later phase of the castle itself, datable to some period between 1229 and 1266. It is suggested that it was a guest house, dependent on the castle of the Teutonic Knights, and intended for the use of important secular or ecclesiastical visitors and their households

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Character (mathematics · Masonry · Mill · Period (music · Wadi · Architecture · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · Medieval European History and Architecture · Medieval History and Crusades

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