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One patch in the south has Persian period pottery, while another one around anabandoned modern house displays also Byzantine pottery.The abandoned house was built 20 or 30 years ago by a family originally fromMalatya (thus the house is called ‘Malatya House’ in the local tradition). The familyis buried behind their abandoned house. In the area of the ‘Malatya House’ thereare the tops of walls visible. Otherwise, there are no architectural remains. At thesouthern edge of the site there is a low rocky hill cropping out which is the highestpoint of the site.Site No. 84; Site Name: Fransız Köprü (Bridge of the Franks)UTM East 242606 UTM North 4046242; Dating: Ott.A small, old bridge over the Belençay creek, it is still standing and is today usedonly by farmers going to there fi elds. The local tradition assigns the bridge to the‘Franks’ or Crusaders.Site No. 85, Site Name: SıfınUTM East 243350 UTM North 4046010; Dating: Ott - Modern?An abandoned village on a hill, it is identifi ed on the maps by Kiepert andDussaud as an existing settlement. Today only two türbe, Alawite shrines, are inuse. Stone foundations of buildings and concentrations of pottery and roof tiles arevisible on the surface.Site No. 86; Site Name: Sıfın Köprüsü (Sıfın Bridge)UTM East 243316 UTM North 4045860; Dating: Ott - Modern?A destroyed bridge over the Belençay creek.Site No. 87; Site Name: Belençay WatermillUTM East 244091 UTM North 4045498; Dating: Ott – ModernAn abandoned watermill on the Belençay creek.Site No. 88.UTM East 242990 UTM North 4046440; Dating: Hell – Rom/ByzThis site is identifi ed by a wall visible on the surface, probably a former terraceor boundary wall. It may be also the remains of a former irrigation channel in181