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Modern Description: At the western end of the bay of Peristéria, the road climbs up over a hill and drops down into the village of Kolónes; visible, in silhouette against the western horizon, on the summit of the next promontory projecting into the sea is the doorway and lintel of a curious structure dating from the late Classical period. The building, constructed of large quadrilateral blocks of limestone, is circular (about 8 metres in diameter) with an entrance and monolithic lintel on the north side: in the interior are three neatly cut and finished sarcophagi sunk into the ground, still in situ. Both the width of the diameter, and the lack of sufficient fallen masonry, suggest that the building was not intended to be a tower, or to stand more than about six courses of masonry high at the most. Its purpose may have been more akin to the so-called ‘Tomb of Cleoboulos' near Lindos on Rhodes to which it bears many resemblances.
Wikidata ID: Q47357229
Trismegistos Geo: 37803

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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