Nearby at Eklis Burun there is a stone church and wall. They would have been able to communicate with Demir Khapu using signal lights. Keppen claims to have detected traces of a road through the forest and cliff walls. He also notes that in the deep forest around Demir Khapu, near the source of the Alma and Kacha rivers, "in those places furthest away from human habitation," deer still thrived. (148-149)