The 2010 campaign took place between the 4th October and 14th December. The exploration looked at the north-western sector of the settlement, in particular the area on the northern edge of the proto-historic fortifications, where a new trench was laid out (SAS XX), covering about 350 m2.

In this stretch the Bronze Age walls were interrupted by 15th century A.D. structures and ditches and disturbed by trenches and redoubts from the Second World War, as well as tree planting undertaken by the Forestry Corps in the 1950s.

As the campaign’s main aim was the study of the proto-historic fortifications, the investigations concentrated on the defensive structures relating to the earliest construction phases, attributable to the middle Bronze Age 2-3. Among the most important discoveries was an E-shaped fifth postern gate, and a section of ditch along the external front which, as in the other sections exposed, was interrupted by a rock bridge in correspondence with the exit from the postern. Both the postern and the ditch were filled by collapsed material from the structure above.

Along the inner side, at the base of the earliest wall, a small area of a deep deposit was excavated. This contained ash, charcoal, impasto pottery (attributable to BM3), Minoan pottery, abundant animal bones and several large wooden structures, which were consolidated and covered with roofing prior to excavation next season.

Several dry-stone built structures rested on the deposit, abutting the earliest wall; their function is still unclear and will be clarified by further investigation.

As well as numerous plans, a complete east-west section of the fortifications at the north edge was documented.