Stanhope, John Spencer: Olympia or topography illustrative of the actual state of the plain of Olympia and of the ruins of the city of Elis (London, 1824)

PLAN OF THE SITE OF ELIS.

As far as we can conjecture from the trilling remains that serve now
to point out the site of Elis, that city was bounded to the north by the
Pencils, now called PoLami ton Gastouni, or tiie River of GasLonni : to the
south it was terminated by a range of hills; to the east, on the summit of
a conical hill, stand the ruins of the Acropolis; and to the west, it was
partly closed in by some low hills branching oft' towards the Peneus.
In the Acropolis are the foundations of an ancient building, and of a
tower, probably constructed by the Venetians, from which the name of
Calloscopo appears Lo have been given to the Acropolis.

Considerable remains of brick buildings arc scaLLered in the plain
below. I have given plans of all those of which the forms could be at
all determined. We savi a subterraneous passage, which, according to our
guide, communicated with I lie citadel. On the banks of the Peneus, and a
little below the surface of the ground, we perceived foundations composed
of large stones laid in regular courses, bill witllOUl cement.