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Modern Description: There is a fortified ancient settlement located at the summit of Mt. Gouvali or Vouvali, a promontory that projected from Mt. Cnemis. Several towers and possibly three gates can still be made out in it. In total, the fortification perhaps covered an area of some five hundred (N-S) by two hundred metres (W-E) and between 1.6 and 1.8 hectares. The whole fortress was apparently built of the same type of masonry, perhaps the latter part of the fourth century or in the Hellenistic period. There is abundant Hellenistic and Roman pottery and also Classical black glaze. The site matches Strabo’s description (9.4.4 cf. 9.3.1, 17) of Cnemides as a fortified settlement close to the coast, between Daphnus to the east and Thronium to the west. Its appreciable size suggests that it was more than a simple fortress and the surrounding territory was sufficient to sustain a small settlement and the existence of a small polis here is certainly very possible. Epicnemidian Locris Project FINAL REPORT 2017
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnemides
Wikidata ID: Q21060918
Trismegistos Geo: 60360
DARE: 34356

Info: Epicnemidian Locris Project 2017

Jose Pascual and Maria-Foteini Papakonstantinou, Epicnemidian Locris Project FINAL REPORT, https://www.icca.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Epicnemidian_Locris.pdf

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