I used to spend many afternoons walking down to what we knew as the Crusaders fortress on the bank of the River Jordan. Didn't look like a fortress to me, just a hill with a few rocks on top. I used to take my then girlfriend (a dancer from Bournemouth) there. I told her it was an old Crusader fortress, she said 'are you sure, it doesn't look like one'.
Many many years later I found an article online about excavations at 'Ateret Fortress' where they unearthed the remains of decapitated crusaders.
Many many years later I found an article online about excavations at 'Ateret Fortress' where they unearthed the remains of decapitated crusaders.