Für mehr als ein Jahr war ich fasziniert, was ist das See POI in der Mitte des Paphos -Waldes. Von gut ausgestellten Einheimischen wurde mir gesagt, dass es dort nichts gibt, als nach Satellitenfotos zu urteilen, es gibt sicherlich etwas. Heute habe ich zwei Stunden damit verbracht, dorthin zu fahren, und ich bin immer noch neugierig. Wer weiß was es war? Ein steiniger runder Turm mit Löchern am Boden und ein großes Loch im Dach. Ein paar alte Furnos? unter einem neuen Dach. Ein seltsames Haus, das wie ein Neues von außen aussieht, aber innen sehr alt und sehr steinig mit Steinkamin aussieht. Einige seltsame Kellerruinen, wie Sie es an archäologischer Stätten sehen können. Und ein brauner Wegweiser mit μηχανή του λιμνίτη nichts, was ein besonderer Ort ist. Im Internet finden Sie keine Informationen. Weißt du etwas oder kannst du erraten?
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Forgot to mention that this place is on the bank of Limnitis river which is despite the totally massive river bed is completely dry. So another question, will there be water in winter in this river?
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I think is a place where tour guides show old jobs of Cyprus. The two rock structures look like coal furnace. Where wood was dehydrated to coal.
Good question, it seems like a renovated shepherd’s hut, by whom? No idea, maybe some grandchildren who didn’t see the need to destroy existing huts
The mast with the circular peak had something mounted on it, but it’s not there anymore, no way of knowing what was there
The circular stone build is a handmade well, perhaps to collect rainwater or the water from a nearby stream as you signaled, the nearer to a running stream, there is less need to dig deep into the earth.
It’s not that you would have found nothing at all. What I said last time is that there is nothing noteworthy in the area, and the sign that reads „Μηχανή του Λιμνίτη“ as far as I know marks the area as a whole, not just this site. To be more specific:
* Picture 1 is an old well.
* Picture 2 is indeed a recently built roof over an old furnace. As another comment says, it’s most likely for producing coal as it was a prominent activity the inhabitants of Tillyria engaged in.
* Picture 3 is a stone-built shack which are relatively common all around the Troodos mountains.
* Picture 4 I asked a friend from Pyrgos and it’s most likely some kind of old alarm system for fires, but he doesn’t know for sure either.
All of these on their own are not indicative of any special site. It is interesting to see when they were made or why they are there, but they are not unique in a way that would actually grant the area its name. The well and furnace are tell-tale signs of nearby village activity, but the shacks and the pole could have been the work of the forestry department.
In addition, I did some extra research after our discussion last time by looking into Kitchener’s map from the late 19th century. First, I wanted to see whether this toponym appears as far back as the map’s fieldwork period. It does not. Second, I knew there were some villages in the Cedar Valley and the Paphos Forest more broadly that were expropriated later by the British to reforest the area, so perhaps the area is connected to some abandoned village. Nope, there was no village in the vicinity either. The area itself belongs to Xerovounos administratively as well, which is quite far away.
An open possibility which I cannot locate is the tiny expropriated village of Filimonas whose inhabitants were relocated to Limnitis. Maybe some of these are connected to that settlement that was simply too small or itinerant to be found by Kitchener? Not unlikely, but highly speculative. What seems more likely is that the well and perhaps some other nearby structures were built by shepherds who used to graze around the forest (which is why the British forced them out, basically). It’s quite far from the villages of the area, but not by an impossible distance.
As for the sign being interpreted as marking something significant: not necessarily. Like I said last time, lots of geographical toponyms are marked with signs around the mountains. If there’s a specific peak, path etc with a name, chances are there will be a sign that says so. That doesn’t discard the possibility it has some interesting backstory, but the sign is not an indication of that. So to me the mystery of the name and the mystery of the structures there are distinct.
>Forgot to mention that this place is on the bank of Limnitis river which is despite the totally massive river bed is completely dry. So another question, will there be water in winter in this river?
Yes, it’s a seasonal river.
This place looks like you’re in a movie
Ένα σπίτι είναι . Τι να είναι φίλε .