Roman stone quarry - Beit Lid

A group of five pools excavated in the natural rock of different dimensions and sizes, dating back to the Roman-Byzantine period. It is located near a water cistern inside a rock that can be descended by steps and confined from the inside. In the first step, these quarries were established to extract stones for construction. The rocks of these sites were likely used in buildings in the ancient city of Sebastia.After that, the sites were used as pools to collect water in the region for irrigation and other uses.