About one km south of the Herodian harbor, a series of partly submerged kurkar ridges and small islands create a relatively protected anchorage that can provide shelter for sea-going vessels. Surveys carried out by the CMS and the MAU exposed ships’ cargoes, fishing-gear and marine installations. The LB remains consist of four semi-convex lead ingots bearing inscriptions, weighing 7-20 kg, a bronze axe and six single-holed stone anchors weighing 50-100 kg.  A stone structure (75 m long and 5 m wide), in an east-west direction, starting from the eastern side of the kurkar ridge, was found. It consists of two parallel lines of pierced stones (50 x 60 x 130 cm, the holes are round, 20-25 cm in diameter) and lies at a depth of 1.5-3m. The pierced stones may have served as bases for wooden poles that supported a jetty or wharf, or may have been used for mooring.