The investigation looked at the construction bed of the church to the south of its south side, in the area that was not excavated in 2013. In particular, the excavation checked the situation adjacent to the church’s south wall.
The first layer was made up of the sterile alluvial gravel that covers most of the archaeological area.

The removal of the gravel and the negative cut of a small wall revealed three burials in earth graves (tombs 38, 39, 40), two of which (38, 39) contained a fragment of a ritually broken coarse ware jar, as seen in other burials outside the church and nearby cemetery areas (Firmano, San Pietro al Natisone, Cividale, Romans d’Isonzo).
The skeletal remains are being studied at the University of Udine’s Faculty of Medicine.

TOMB 38. Adult burial in an earth grave aligned east-west, with cranium to the west. The base of a coarse ware jar lay beneath the vertebral column.

TOMB 39. Infant burial in an earth grave aligned east-west, with cranium to the west. A fragment of a coarse ware jar lay above the skeleton but not in contact with it.

TOMB 40. On the same alignment as tomb 38; burial of a sub-adult in an earth grave on an east-west alignment, cranium to the west. No grave goods were present.
The excavation also documented 5 postholes, four of which running parallel to the south wall of the church. The stratigraphy suggests they are in phase with the burials.