Waterman et al. (1937:34) discussed the demise of a building on the northwest corner of the summit, exposed in Trench S II, which they suggested may have been a basilica. They observed that "the architectural remains (shafts and capitals of the columns, parts of the masonry, and the like) all seem to be fallen in one line running east-west" and proposed that a 6th century CE earthquake may have caused this damage. They also noted that a similar east–west oriented collapse was discovered at the synagogue at Beit-Alpha.

Waterman et al. (1937:31) did not provide a specific date for the demise of the basilica and only noted that the summit appears to have been abandoned after the 6th century CE, with no subsequent occupation until the Crusaders built a fort on the summit. Although the synagogue at Beit-Alpha did exhibit east–west oriented collapse that appears to have a seismic origin, the dating of this damage to the 6th century CE is not precise. The excavator Sukenik (1932) only provided a terminus post quem in the early 6th century CE for the collapse.