Petra tou Limniti and VouniAlfred Westholm

Östra DepånIn the earth-cutting for the laying of a rail east of the palace, c 5 m straight above square J. In trial trench 4 a concentration of pottery was found, which required a more careful excavation. In the inner angle of a wall corner of simple cobbles a quantity of mainly broken vessels was taken up. All the objects lay just above a dark burnt layer, which in turn rested directly on the completely raw, unworked rock. The earth in which the finds were made can best be characterised as το καζό χώμα. The earth increases rapidly in depth towards the west. A square trench of c. 3 m side is excavated. The finds, whose mutual position is shown by the detailed plan, are the following: