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il-Kefr to SîʿSoon after leaving il-Kefr, on the
road to Sîʿ,near the part of the lower hill
of the mountain il-Kulêb, one passes an
accumulation of column ruins and their
fragments that have rolled down from
the lower summit of the mountain. There
appears to have been a small temple on this site.

Fifteen minutes further to the north, The road
passes a large ruined village built in
a very massive though crude style; there are
hardly any finishede stones to be seen. The name
of this ruin was given as [blank]

After an hour or so more, we sees on the right
a number of round towers. There are no fewer
than nine. Each tower seems to have been three
stories high, with a high sempering wall built up
against it at the height of 5 to 6 metres. Joined to
each tower is a long rectanular building divided
with 2 or 3 chambers, these structures are also
provided with outer standing walls. The towers have central
piers, staircases and windows. [Most unusual, hardly mills]

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Sempered walls: possibly alluding to 'The Four Elements of Architecture' by Gottfried Semper