Papoura Hill Circular Structure
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Robert Consoli, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jul 10, 2025 01:31 PM
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History
A Minoan architectural complex that consists of sets of concentric stone circles, the Papoura Hill Circular Structure is located on Papoura Hill, northwest of Kastelli Crete. The structure is dated ca. 2000 -1700 BCE.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/872969492
35.2205402194, 25.3204350714
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Papoura Hill Circular Structure (2000 BC - 1600 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Papoura Hill Circular Structure (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Papoura Hill Circular Structure located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
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architectural complex, archaeological site
Pleiades
Jeffrey Becker, Robert Consoli, and Tom Elliott, 'Papoura Hill Circular Structure: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/872969492> [accessed: 17 February 2026]
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