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Modern Description: In the valley, c. 400m southeast of the acropolis, 100m south of the church of Aghia Marina and to the east of the asphalt road (accessible more easily by path from the Platys Gialos road, opposite the church of Aghios Thomas) is the base of the Hellenistic Tower of Kade (4 km), which is a particularly fine example for the meticulousness of its construction with large, beveled, interlocking trapezoidal blocks. The tower dates from the 4th century BC, and stands to about 2.5 metres in height. It cannot have served as a long-distance watch-tower, but as protection and refuge for the fertile area of fields in the valley below.

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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