Platform
Burnt-out house upon the platform
Upon closer inspection, Pyrgi revealed to be hiding something unexpected beneath the burnt-out house, inside the surrounding wall on top of the small hill appeared some kind of platform.
The platform is partly made up of bedrock that's been expanded with huge rectangular stones, in a completely different building style to the farmhouse, which must have been built much later on the ancient platform to provide a solid foundation.
Where the platform doesn't consist of bedrock a stone floor was constructed, making it an actual, perfectly flat platform. It measures about 13 metres by 11, which is huge and rare, even unique on Lefkada as far as I know.
Could this finally be the place of gathering? It certainly fitted a place of some standing, possibly even sacred, it seemed to me.
Let's see if the location matches Homer's descriptions about the place of assembly.
The platform is partly made up of bedrock that's been expanded with huge rectangular stones, in a completely different building style to the farmhouse, which must have been built much later on the ancient platform to provide a solid foundation.
Where the platform doesn't consist of bedrock a stone floor was constructed, making it an actual, perfectly flat platform. It measures about 13 metres by 11, which is huge and rare, even unique on Lefkada as far as I know.
Could this finally be the place of gathering? It certainly fitted a place of some standing, possibly even sacred, it seemed to me.
Let's see if the location matches Homer's descriptions about the place of assembly.
Platform floor
Platform of natural rock and the house
Rectangular stones