In 1863, Victor Guérin found the remains of a small village, in the middle of which was a Muslim sanctuary.

He further noted that the villagers had neither wells nor cisterns, but were obliged to fetch water from a rather distant spring.

[6] In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) noted at Beit Meis: "Ruined walls.

According to Morris, Ramat Raziel was established near Bayt Umm al-Mays,[10] but according to Khalidi there are no Israeli settlements on village land.

There are two very large stone slabs standing at the southern edge of the site, surrounded by bushes.