#kalogria #myrsinus #mycenaeancitadels
Tucked away on the farmost NW corner of the Peloponesse is a lesser known site also called the Dymean Wall. Its near a village called Kalogria and has wetlands and lagoons on either side but these may be the result of silting over 3000 years.
Modern Myrsinos further south is a much later settlement with the same name.
Modern placenames - note the lagoons.
A visit to Google Earth will also show rivers ... well creeks running into those lagoons. The seawards exits have probably silted up.
Some parts of the wall facing inside were probably added or repaired and refaced later during the Byzantine empire or by the Franks and others. Note the lagoon on one side and that highly dersired Mycenaean feature a slope down one side for an access road .
and on the side facing out to sea that other highly desirable feature a high steep cliff with views over the surrounding area!
and yes cyclopean blocks !
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