The Cross was buried on the north-east side, at the foot of Mount Calvary.
The garden of Joseph of Arimathea was situated near the gate of Bethlehem, at about a seven minutes' walk from Calvary: it was a very fine garden, with tall trees, banks, and thickets in it, which gave much shade, and was situated on a rising ground extending to the walls of the city.14 A person coming from the northern side of the valley, and entering the garden, had on his left hand a slight ascent extending as far as the city wall; and on his right, at the end of the garden, a detached rock, where the cave of the sepulchre was situated.

The grotto in which it was made looked to the east; and on the south-western and north-western sides of the same rock were two other smaller sepulchres, which were also new, and with depressed fronts.

A pathway, beginning on the western side of this rock, ran all round it.

The ground in front of the sepulchre was higher than that of the entrance, and a person wishing to enter the cavern had to descend several steps.

The cave was sufficiently large for four men to be able to stand close up to the wall on either side without impeding the movements of the bearers of the body.