Along the old Roman Road are the ruins of a travelers’ inn and livery stable, now called “khanut” (formerly, Khirbet el-Khan). A mosaic floor with Greek writing of a Byzantine type can still be seen in the remains of the structure, believed to have been used as a church in the 6th century.
In the 12th century, a rural monastery was established there by the Crusaders consisting of several barrel-vaulted buildings, an enclosure wall and a chapel.
Charles Clermont-Ganneau describes the ruins of a church (el-K’niseh), partially standing, in the valley below (Wadi et Tannur), and which he thought to be of medieval origin.
