Kourion Complex Apollo (extracted from McFadden's notebooks) (2 of 2)

Spring 1950. 14 March. Mr. Hill arrived yesterday. Yesterday men (10 men) repairing Apollo road and removing wire from broken down fence. Continuing same today. Fine weather - anemones making fine show, also asphodels. Apollo at about its best. Temple A Mx/ w.cella. Putting stakes in n. end of Temple A. Cleaning to level of bottom of orthostates of peristyle, w. cella, south end of Temple A. Also removing debris immediately w. of south end of west cella - 0-12 north. 18 men working.

Page 1612 Twenty-one men. At south end of Temple A w. cella clearing down to what appears to have been a ground level at base of orthostates. Cleaning debris immediately to west of w. cella north 0-9 m. and 9-12. See Film 128, nos. 33-37. Almost all debris from west wall of Temple A w. cella appears to consist of rubble. Digging also at s.e. corner - cleaning debris from e. wall of temple - rubble. Sir Harold MacMaical, ex-high commissioner of Palestine visits site.

Page 1616 16 March 1950. Cleaning debris e. of east wall of Temple A. Began putting up iron posts for new fence - starting at guard house. Removing debris of rough stones just east of Temple A, s. end.

17 March50. W. of Temple A room 2. Mekmet removing debris of rubble mixed with loose brown earth in room 2, from level of re-enforcing wall of w. cella down to 0.19 m. below s. threshhold block of in s. wall of room. Many pan tiles - some with interesting markings. See section p. 1605-3, and Film 129 nos. 4 & 5. Removing rubble e. of s. stairway of Temple A. See Film 129, no. 16. Continuing to remove rubble east of Temple A east wall, south end. See Film 129, nos. 6& 7. Mekmet finished cleaning debris in room 1 including a number of pan tiles. See Film 129, 11 and 12. Cleaning rubble in room 6 and removing rubble in room 3. See Film 129-2. Christofis drawing section through rooms 1, 2, 3 & 4. Removing some of surface Page 1622 soil in room 6 (n. part where some of old wheel barrow track is being removed. Debris in rooms 1, 2, 3 and 4 all in loose brown soil. Debris just under east wall of t emple also in loose brown soil. Mekmet removing debris in room 4. Removing turf at w. end of room 6 where there is little or no debris. The debris and rubble in this room does not extend more than a meter w. of east wall of room.

March 20Removing surface soil north of Temple A and west of Cistern 2; also immediately east of Temple A stairway 0-4 m., n. of plateia wall. Began clearing to floor level of nave of west cella central portion in Temple A. Some of this had been cleared before war but much new soil was washed in since then.

Page 1630 Finished removing all but lower debris in rooms 1, 2 and 4 west of Temple A.

March 21Removing surface soil down to floor level north of Temple A and west of Cistern 2. Removing lower debris 0-4 m. east of Temple A, 0-12 m. north, and east of Temple A stairway 0-4 m. east. Removing surface soil in room 1. In area where plaster from columns that once lay in the center of west cella of Temple A much very clean light orange buff colored soil coming out which probably came from roof. Mekmet and Michaeli, foreman and mason, both agree.

Page 1631 22 March & 23 March. Continuing to remove debris under east wall of room 6 (w. of Temple A) loose brown earth, many rough stones medium size and a good quantity of pottery. Coin F 783 found here at approximately ground level on which debris fell. See Film 130 No. 1. Glass frags and lamp frag.