Current Condition
Today the site is administered by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and visitors can explore the excavated and restored portions of the fortress.
The entrance to the fortress is from the west, and the first section contains "secret corridors" — winding staircases and underground water cisterns with some of the original plaster still visible. There are many examples of "loopholes" in fortress —special windows that are narrow on the outside but wide on the inside. They were designed specifically for shooting bows and arrows or crossbows, giving the defender inside the fortress plenty of room but the attacker only a narrow slit as a target. The central part, which is accessible by a path within the fortress, contains the remains of a keep surrounded by large rectangular towers. In the western section, there are the remains of a fortress within a fortress, which was protected by its own moat and drawbridge. This is the oldest part of the castle, which was built the first.
The park entrance is located on Route 989 between Kiryat Shmona and Mount Hermon, about twenty minutes east of Kiryat Shmona.
Nimrod, an Israeli settlement, is located nearby.
In the Israeli film Beaufort, the castle substituted for Beaufort Castle, which is located in southern Lebanon.
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