Victor Guérin describes this place in 1875 as "built of white limestone mixed with stones of black
basalt in alternate courses. We think that although this custom is common in modern Arab building, it can be shown to have been an ancient usage, so that the building may be old. Round it are the vestiges of a ruined
hamlet."[5]
In 1881 the
PEF's Survey of Western Palestine found at Kŭlảt esh Shûneh: "A modern Arab building of basaltic stone; used probably as a barn, as the name implies".[6]
In the
1945 statistics the population was 170 Muslims,[2] with a total of 3,660 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[3] Of this, 995 dunums were used for cereals,[9] while 2,481 dunams was non-cultivable area.[10]
The village had a school and a mosque.
1948, aftermath
Today, a wildlife sanctuary known as the
Nachal 'Amud Reserve is located in the vicinity.
^
abcGovernment of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.
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^Morris, 2004, p.
xvii, village #72. Gives both date and cause of depopulation as "Not known"
^Guérin, 1880, p.
353; as given in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p.
412
^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.
121Archived 2018-09-26 at the
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^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.
171Archived 2018-09-26 at the
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