THASOS Limenas. - The rampart - 2007

The rampart. Y. Grandjean and M. Wurch-Kozelj (EfA) report on the 2007 study season. Study of blocks from a set of 3 rooms which defended the access door to the sea, SW of the closed port, continued. Many fragments from a 2nd arrow slot were identified plus 2 fragments of a door lintel. Systematic survey of quarry marks covered a 55m section of wall E of the Herakles Gate. In total, 59 were registered, some contemporary with the construction of the wall in the E5th Ct BC, others related to renovation of the fortification in the 2nd half of the 4th Ct BC.