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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.974#0081
MR. ALLASON'S REPORT
RUINS OF ELIS.
No. 1. This ruin is situate N. W. of the Acropolis, and, from what
remains of it, appears to have formed the entrance of an extensive building :
this, as -well as all the other ruins in the plain of Elis, is constructed with
brick of the same description as that which was used at Olympia: the walls
have small square perforations, probably for ventilation.
No. 2 is a pedestal 18 feet square, and it probably supported an
ecpicstrian statue or a colossal group of figures. It is now only six feet
above the soil.
No. 3 appears to have formed the entrance to another building.
No. A, a pedestal 14 feet 10 inches square.
Nos. 5 and 6 are foundations due west of the Acropolis, and are
evidently the remains of dwellings. '! he chambers arc of moderate extent,
RUINS OF ELIS.
No. 1. This ruin is situate N. W. of the Acropolis, and, from what
remains of it, appears to have formed the entrance of an extensive building :
this, as -well as all the other ruins in the plain of Elis, is constructed with
brick of the same description as that which was used at Olympia: the walls
have small square perforations, probably for ventilation.
No. 2 is a pedestal 18 feet square, and it probably supported an
ecpicstrian statue or a colossal group of figures. It is now only six feet
above the soil.
No. 3 appears to have formed the entrance to another building.
No. A, a pedestal 14 feet 10 inches square.
Nos. 5 and 6 are foundations due west of the Acropolis, and are
evidently the remains of dwellings. '! he chambers arc of moderate extent,