[1] Għar Għerduf is a unique Roman burial site in Gozo, which has for centuries attracted the attention of scholars interested in Maltese archaeology.

[4] The complex has suffered extensive damage, due to widespread quarrying during the nineteenth century,[1] with Vassallo dating the mutilation to the 1870s.

[6] Għar Gerduf is the only late Roman and Byzantine catacomb in Gozo described by Prof. Mario Buhagiar in his archaeological survey of 1986, for which the exact whereabouts are known, and that is still visible.

[8] Almost all the internal wall partitions aligning the arcosolia were chiselled down, while the floor was lowered by several metres to form two interlinking and split-level halls.

[2] By the mid-2010s, plans were submitted for construction within the remains' archaeological buffer zone, which would have made access to the site difficult.