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Modern Description: On the ledge to the west of the bay of Aghios Giorgios, the site of an Early Cycladic settlement of the mid-3rd millennium BC, which has been partially revealed in excavations, can be seen: the visible walls probably date from a later occupation. This is the closest point of Folégandros to the island-group of Milos, Poliaigos and Kimolos, which are visible to the west. The settlement at Kastellos must be related to the important, Early Cycladic centres on Milos—even though the exposed crossing between the two islands must have been hazardous for the sail-less boats of the Early Bronze Age during the greater part of the year.

Info: McGilchrist's Greek Islands

(From McGilchrist’s Greek Islands, © Nigel McGilchrist 2010, excerpted with his gracious permission. Click for the books)

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