PIRAEUS - 31 Ypsilantou and 46 Androutsou Streets - 2006

Piraeus, 31 Ypsilantou and 46 Androutsou Streets (property of I. and S. Theodorou). Kornelia Axioti (ΚΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of a quarry (with more than one block course extracted), plus a bell-shaped cistern. The continuation of the quarry (a 5m-long section of a 4.4m-high face) was found on the property of D. Frantzi (36 Ypsilantou Street), along with anelliptical shaft dug on the southwest side of the plot.
Another quarry with six block courses extracted was reported by Kornelia Axioti (ΚΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) in 2005. It lies in 47-49 Androutsou Street (property of E. and St. Polychronaki, A. and Chr. Charchalaki). A bell-shaped cistern was found adjacent to this quarry as well. The potttery sherds found in the quarry and the bell-shaped cistern date from the 4th c. B.C. untill the Hellenistic period.