Metal staples in the construction of the central building of the Belvoir fortress (Kokhav Ha Yarden, Israel)

Belvoir, study of the interior castle

“…3) For defensive reasons, and probably for prestige, the Hospitallers quickly built the enclosure until the sloping banks were completed. They used rough-cut basalt blocks with stapled stones 4 . A continuous break in the wall stuffing at the top of the sloping bank and at the back of the vault's springer indicates a break in the construction.…”