In the northern part of the quarter, Avigad and his team uncovered three well-preserved segments of late Iron Age (First Temple period) fortifications.

A surface of beaten earth tightly bonded to the tower, covered by ashes, produced Late Iron Age II sherds characteristic of the 8th and 7th centuries BCE.

On the last day of the 1975 excavation season, Avigad's team unearthed four arrowheads buried in the layer of soot and ashes at the base of the tower.

Avigad's discoveries, since augmented by additional finds, had proven that by the end of the First Temple period, Jerusalem's city walls had expanded to the Hinnom Valley in the west and had encompassed the entire southwestern hill.

[5] Although Josephus erroneously attributes it to David, Solomon and the kings of Judah, construction of the wall was initiated by Jonathan Maccabeus and completed by his brother Simon during the 2nd century BCE.

[2][3][6][7] The Israelite Tower is located at the modern junction of Plugot HaKotel and Shonei HaLakhot streets,[3] preserved underneath a school.