This campaign concentrated on the cleaning/restoration and partial extension of previously excavated areas (that had not been investigated in 2010-2011), and the examination of a new sector situated south of the other areas. The main objectives were to clean the excavation in order to facilitate the maintenance of the exposed remains and to test the nature of the archaeological deposit south of the settlement’s central area, between the curtain wall and the ditch/channel identified in 2009.

The cleaning and recording of the earlier excavations clarified many of the relationships between the elements in the stratigraphy in Sector 3, corresponding with the eastern edge of the present excavation areas and characterised by the discovery of a large section of the curtain wall and remains of a structure with a foundation/robber trench.

The new sector IV was opened south of the central area occupied by the large building. Here, the continuation of the curtain wall, already identified in sector III, and traces of the settlement’s final occupation phase (that represented in the central area by post-holes) were exposed. At the northern edge of the sector, immediately below the plough soil, there was a row of medium to large stones, some of which still in situ, interpretable as the remains of the first curtain wall. The line was slightly curved, and corresponded perfectly with the circular portion of the wall already seen in sector III and, above all with the circular anomaly further towards the interior identified by aerial photographs. A floor surface and an occupation layer were exposed at the centre of the sector, in the area outside of the suggested curtain wall. The layer was fairly homogeneous and rich in pottery and animal bone fragments. A number of post-holes were exposed, some of medium size and containing stone wedges, which at the moment cannot be attributed to a particular structure.