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Excavations at Melos—The East Gate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2013

R. C. Bosanquet
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This excavation was undertaken with a view to determining the position of one of the town-gates. Although there are considerable remains of the fortifications, no gate of the ancient town was visible above ground. It was evident that the discovery of the gates, and consequently of the roads, would afford the best clues to internal and external topography.

Description of the Site.—Melos, as the map shows, possesses one of the finest natural harbours in the Ægean. The ancient town, like the cluster of modern villages, lay on high ground east of the straits by which the nearly landlocked bay is entered.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 2 , November 1896 , pp. 77 - 82
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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 1896

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* There is some reason to think that the round tower had a further use, and that a cross wall which separated the Large Acropolis from the plateau at its foot, abutted against the circuit wall at this point.