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Modern Description: On a hill immediately W of the modern road between Vothiki and Neochori, c. 300m W of Vothiki, a rectangular tower 12.2 by 14.8m, with carefully fitted trapezoidal with rough surfaces. The structure is divided by a NE-SW wall into two ‘rooms’: the main room in the NW and a narrow, c. 2.2m wide room or corridor in the SE. The two ‘rooms’ are connected by a doorway in the centre of the NE-SW wall. The surviving lower doorjambs show that the door originally opened inwards and could be closed with a crossbar. In 1926, Wrede also saw a broken lintel in front of the door.(Wrede 1959). So far, no entrance could be identified in the outer wall. Finds: Mainly Classical and Hellenistic pottery (Φαράκλας 1972a: E. 3.7), as well as Mycenaean, Geometric and Roman sherds were recorded at this site (Brommer 1975: 176; Grigoropoulos 2011: 234). Date: The date of construction is uncertain, but the pottery suggests a use in the Classical and the Hellenistic period. The tower is located above the valley connecting the plains of Iria and Tracheia, and has therefore been interpreted as a watchtower securing the route (Φαράκλας 1972a: E. 3.7; Tausend 2006: 154).
Wikidata ID: Q129255536

Info: Blomley Argolid 2022

Anna Magdalena Blomley, A Landscape of Conflict? Rural Fortifications in the Argolid (400-146 BC), Archaeopress 2022

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