Vouni, Korakas and the palaceAlfred Westholm

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… The block is more than 1 m in height. The stones lie without any inner intended order. Beside them numerous pottery coarse pottery (named Παχ Δωμ 7/πέτρες). In connection with these stones there is found, in a strongly sloping position, a 1 m long piece of a round limestone column, diam 0,45 m. The column fragment appears worn. Whether a column once formed part of the architecture in the vicinity is impossible to determine, but it seems little likely, possibly in some upper storey. The whole area is cleared thoroughly and photographed. C. 2,50 m S.E. of this column the opening of a cistern is found. Its upper rim is well preserved, cemented with a profiled edge. The opening itself is well filled with larger and smaller stones. The cistern which will be described more closely later appears to be rather deep. The earth measures evenly 1 m above the rim of the cistern. Under the surface layer no stratification is visible. C 5. cm higher than the edge and next to this is being uncovered … continues