
In 1291, with the collapse of the Crusader Kingdom, the fortress was abandoned. It was damaged in 1837 by an earthquake, and by Ibrahim Pasha in 1840, who used it as a source of stone for Acre.
C. N. Johns excavated the fortress between 1930 and 1934. The British Mandate used it to house illegal refugees, and today it is a training area for IDF Naval commandos.