KERKYRA Kipouria-Vouria - 2006

Kipouria-Vouria, Figareto (property of K. Rokidi). G. Metallinou (Η’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of a further part of the large fortification walls and harbour works of the ancient city by the Hyllaian harbour. A 70m-long stretch of wall (4.5 - 6m wide) was built of large water-worn stones, lightly worked, with a fill of smaller pebbles, and a mud packing. A projection on the east face was probably part of a staircase. The little pottery collected dates from the Archaic period onwards, with activity reaching a peak in Hellenistic-Roman times but continuing until the wall was dismantled in the Venetian period. The presence of tiles stamped with the names of local magistrates confirms that public character of the structure. Dismantled sections of this wall and of two further walls parallel to it have previously been located on neighbouring plots. Few finds were made in the eastern part of the plot apart from a further part of the deposit of Roman lamps previous found on the neighbouring Rarri plot.