Medieval Tower of Oinoi — Attraction in Municipality of Marathonas

This is the best preserved medieval tower in Attica, located in the Charadra valley just under 3 km west of modern Marathona. It measures 5.64 X 3.86 metres and stands over 12 metres in height. The walls, 85 cm thick, contain a number of ancient marble blocks used as corner pieces. A levelling course runs along the base of the E wall, projecting 16-22 cm out from it necessitated by the sloping ground on this side. Crenellation is preserved at the tower's top, consisting of four merlons on the E and W sides, and three on the narrower N and S sides. The central merlons on the E and S are very poorly preserved. Irregular openings have been made in the E and W walls at ground level in more recent times. Originally the entrance was at first-floor level on the E side. This has been artificially enlarged so that it does not preserve its original size and shape today. The ground floor was roofed by a vault that is fallen except for parts of the spring in the E and W walls. The apex of the vault was 2.90 m above the contemporary floor level, measured from the keystone bonding point on the S wall. The vault of the first floor is fully preserved. Its long axis run N-S like that of the ground floor. An E-W crosswall, 50 cm thick and now preserved only at its bonding point with the tower's W wall, divides the first floor into two chambers, the southern one a third larger than the...

Gate is locked you can’t approach tower. Surrounding attractions church, archaeological site are all behind locked gates. The “hike” is badly marked and ends after 10 minutes with no signage or sense of where to go..also absolutely covered in rubbish. Quite...

I guess more organization, like cemented way and surrounding area, information stand and general referral/pointing to the tower across Marathon and Nea Makri needed. Yet the tower is beautiful and in a good condition, notwithstanding it's 900...