SOUTH CITY GATE 1
People coming from the Hierapolis Street reach this gate and beyond it extends a narrow alley in the north-south direction. At the entrance of the South City Gate 1, a street pavement of cut travertine blocks was uncovered and there lay north-south channels of about 30 cm width. These channels are probably the troughs formed by the friction of wheels of chariots and carriages passing through here.
A wall heap was attested stretching southwestwardfrom the east corner of the South City Gate 1; its outer edge is partially discernible whereas the inner edge is not. This wall of architectural blocks and irregular stones placed in a blockage is thought to have been built to divert the water flowing from the South City Gate 1 into the main sewage channel running under the Hierapolis Street in the Early Byzantine period.
To the north of the South City Gate 1, in the alley was uncovered a flooring of bricks covering an area of about 13 sq. m. This brick flooring lies about 35 cm over the level of the Roman period street. It was understood that this flooring belonged to the entrance area of the Early Byzantine Church 4 located to the northeast of the South City Gate 1. (Fig. 1) (Fig. 2) (Fig. 3)