The monastery of Mor Barsawmo, also currently known as the “House of the Mother of God, Meryem [Mary] and Mor Barsawmo”, is a rock-cut religious complex carved into the west side of a low hill, around 800 m northeast of the monastery of Mor Yaqub at Salah as the crow flies. The area between the monasteries of Mor Yaqub and Mor Barsawmo is dotted with small caves which are adorned with red paint, similar to the decorations and inscriptions inside the main church of Mor Yaqub at Salah. There are also some man-made terraces and traces of roads around the monastery of Mor Barsawmo, which offers a view of both the village of Salah and the monastery of Mor Yaqub.