Field photograph·C04393+C04394·1927

The theatre at Soli, viewed from the east

Description

An excavated theatre with curved rows of stone seating cut into a slope, rising towards a rock face. In the foreground are large fallen blocks, low stone walls and a rectangular stone structure, with a wire fence along the right edge. Rolling hills and open country fill the background under a pale sky.

Other scans of this record (6)

Description, scan 2: A view over an excavated site, with rows of cut stone blocks and low walls in the foreground arranged in stepped tiers. A slope cut into the hillside rises behind, with a dark opening at the left, and a wire fence on wooden posts runs down the right edge. Low hills and open country fill the background under a bare sky.
Description, scan 3: Tiered rows of seating are cut into the hillside at the centre, with a stone wall running along the slope above them. In the foreground, large fallen blocks and low lines of cut stone foundations lie among earth, and a row of wooden posts with wire runs along the right edge. Hills rise in the distance under a pale sky.
Description, scan 4: Rows of tiered seating cut into a sloping hillside form a curved bank in the centre of the view. A rubble stone wall stands on the left, and a rock face with an arched opening appears on the right. In the foreground are a large rough stone block and low paving or foundation blocks, with a wall line and a few fence posts along the ridge behind.
Description, scan 5: A wide view across the excavated theatre at Soli, with rows of stone tiers curving up the slope in the middle distance. In the foreground, large dressed blocks and low stone walls lie among the soil, and a rubble wall runs along the left edge. A wire fence on wooden posts runs down the right side, and low hills rise under a pale sky.
Description, scan 6: Curved stone tiers of the theatre at Soli rise across the middle of the image, cut into a sloping hillside. Rough rubble walls stand at the left and along the upper edge, and a dark arched opening sits at the right. In the foreground a large weathered block lies among pale cut stones and cleared earth, with wooden posts on the skyline at top left.
Description, scan 7: Excavated stone blocks and low courses of masonry lie across the foreground, with a tiered arrangement of cut stones at the centre. A steep earth bank rises on the left, with a dark recess cut into it, and a wire fence with posts runs down the right side. Open hills and a rounded summit stretch across the background under a pale sky.