Modern Description:
In 1929 S. Marinatos carried out a small-scale excavation in a cave south of Amnissos, set at a height above sea level, by the mouth of a gentle ravine, with a magnificent view to the sea. Its mouth faces east with a big fig tree in front of its entrance, recalling Homeric descriptions. The cave had been explored about four decades ago by I. Hatzidakis, who first identified it with the Homeric cave of Eileithyia. Marinatos excavated a section of the northern part of the cave and removed a disturbed fill with a number of sherds dating from the Neolithic to the Venetian times. In the middle of the cave he found a pair of stalactites within a two-roomed rectangular enclosure of Minoan times. Deeper into the cave, where there are many impressive stalactites, he explored a low chamber well underground, which is interpreted as a shrine or a Megaron. On the platform at the entrance of the cave, the so-called Square of the Altars, were revealed architectural remains with Late Minoan and Geometric pottery. During a recent exploration of the cave, its use for burial was recorded during the Final Neolithic and Early Minoan (EM I-IIA) period alongside with its possible function as a site of worship from the Prepalatial (MM I) to Byzantine times. In front of the entrance of the cave, to the southeast, another funerary cave was excavated by Marinatos, dating in the Early Minoan period. The excavation yielded few but important findings, such as clay pots and a few, mainly silver, pieces of jewellery, comparable with those from the burial cave of Pyrgos at Anopolis.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileithyia_CaveWikidata ID: Q5349480DARE: 36684
Info: Paraplous/Coasting 2023 
Παραπλούς/Coasting, by Calliope Galanaki, Christina Papadaki and Theotokis Theodoulou (2023?), Chersonnesos Municipality and Ephorate of Iraklio, academia.edu
