Borj Ech Chemali
Borj Ech Chemali () is a village in the Tyre District in South Lebanon, located just east of Tyre. Name. According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name "Burj esh Shemâly" means "the northern tower". History. In 1875, Victor Guérin found the village to be inhabited by 150 Métualis. The old fort was divided into several private dwellings. In 1881, the PEF's "Survey of Western Palestine" (SWP) described it as: "A large village built of stone, containing about 300 Metawileh, placed on a low ridge, with figs, olives, and arable land around. There are two good  springs near. They further noted that it was "a village with a similar tower of drafted masonry (as that of Borj Rahal). The hill is crowned by a stronghold, the vaults of which, slightly ogival, do not appear older than the Crusaders, but it was constructed of older blocks, some in drafted masonry and others completely smoothed. About a mile to the south-west of this hill is a subterranean series of tombs, each containing several ranges of loculi, which was explored by Renan."