Friday, July 14, 2023

Locating Segment Pe of the 'Cyclopean Wall' in Isthmia



The segment itself is about 45 m. long and it stretches along the brow of the hill.  It looks like this:

From Broneer [1966].
This is segment Pe and it shows the extending 'towers' which
are more than likely just buttresses.


 The following is a view of the portion of Mytika ridge where segment Pe of the Cyclopean wall is thought to be.  The bottom end (lower right) of the red line is at  37.913079° N, 22.996216° E


Segment Pe is called 'C7761' in this atlas.

Here we're looking at the slope with north at the bottom.  This ridge slopes towards the north.

Bottom of the slope is at the bottom of the picture.



Looking at it from above and with North at the top:

Bottom of the slope is at the top.  The wall segment is ~45 m in length
and might reach as far as the arrow marked 'Might start here'.




The blue line in the bottom right shows Google Street View's route. 
The arrow points to the closest point GSV will take you to the feature.


This is the scene in Google Street View. 
This is the place where you turn in the previous illustration.
Segment Pe should be directly ahead of you and just off the slope.
The direction is almost directly West.

I believe that this wall starts about 32 m. in front of you.  It is about 65 m (same direction) to the C7761 feature marker.  As you can see from the first picture the wall drops off sharply about 2 m.  It could be overgrown.  It's imperative to watch your step because this might make a nasty fall.


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