Historical place profile
Kephalos Island Settlement
On the small island of modern Kephalos in the Ambracian Gulf, archaeologists discovered a settlement, a pair of Christian basilicas, and other associated structures and small finds. The site may have begun as a refuge settlement in the late fifth / early sixth century CE and seems to have continued in use, possibly with a late monastic function, into the 10th century.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:533032
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:533032
- Place type
- architecturalcomplex, church-2, island, settlement
- Coordinates
- 38.964820, 20.872379
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
On the small island of modern Kephalos in the Ambracian Gulf, archaeologists discovered a settlement, a pair of Christian basilicas, and other associated structures and small finds. The site may have begun as a refuge settlement in the late fifth / early sixth century CE and seems to have continued in use, possibly with a late monastic function, into the 10th century.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 54 C4
Source and reuse
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Research path
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