In 2004 the school of Medieval Archaeology at the University of Venice, in collaboration with the Archaeological Superintendency of Friuli Venezia Giulia, began the “Upper Tagliamento Vally” project for the study of a number of fortified sites in Carnia. As part of this project excavations began in 2005 on the site of Pra’ di Got, municipality of Forni di Sotto, Udine.

The investigations undertaken in the previous campaigns revealed a number of rooms and a tower along the western side of the summit plateau on which the fortified site stands. During the course of the 2010 campaign the eastern area of the plateau was investigated, where test pits had been dug in 2005 and 2009.

Following initial clearing, a substantial layer of collapse came to light, the removal of which revealed new walls relating to a second tower. The structure mirrored the tower found at the western end of the plateau in earlier campaigns.

The building presented patches of stone paving and further layers of collapse in the interior, as well as a substantial layer of charcoal, probably the result of events which may have led to the abandonment of the site.
Various elements suggest that the tower dates to the 13th-14th century.