Modern Description:
[Unfenced, unsignposted, reached by a narrow trail that climbs the ridge east of Roukounas beach. Dense Roman sherd scatter and many marble blocks, with a small sand beach at the end of the trail. Dark lines on the sea floor suggest harbor works. JBK 2020] To the south by the shore was the city's port, grouped around the bay of Katalymákia, or Katalymátsa, whose name derives from the ancient Greek words for an inn or hostel. The area visible on the undulating land above the shore, a few minutes' walk below the road, is marked by a large number of curious, stone cairns which are said to have been raised by local mariners who traditionally added a stone when departing for a journey: the inlet here was formerly the island's harbour. The soft earth consists of a high proportion of volcanic deposit from Santorini. Although most of the surface finds were taken from here in the 18th century by the Russian occupiers during the First Russo-Turkish War, there are still remains lying all around, and the area in general is asking for excavation. On the sharp rise to the north side are many classical spolia: fragments of capital and architrave and fluted column. In the middle of the rear ridge is a small chapel, constructed from many large pieces of ancient masonry, and with an upturned capital serving as a table by the door. A ridge, marked by the mariners' cairns (partially consisting of antique fragments), runs west from here to a point where there is a clear view of the ancient harbour-inlet, with the sweep of what were once terraced habitations behind. Amongst their remains are blocks of architrave in marble from Naxos or Paros, and an eroded, carved stele still standing.
The extent of the site suggests that the main concentration of the population of Ancient Anaphe may latterly have been here by the port. The presence of some discarded marble elements which have been (re-)cut for use in a church templon, indicates that the site also continued to be used into Christian times.
Info: McGilchrist's Greek Islands 
(From McGilchrist’s Greek Islands, © Nigel McGilchrist 2010, excerpted with his gracious permission. Click for the books)
