The 2009 campaign completed the excavation of the stratigraphic sequence in area 2000 (begun in 2008) and opened two new sectors within area 3000 (area to the east of the collapsed tower), respectively denominated 3000 and 3500.

Area 2000 revealed a first occupation level, datable to the 10th century, characterised by structures in perishable materials. These included traces of a hut with clay walls on a stone footing, a roof of perishable materials held up by central timber supports and a hearth. The first stone construction, of very roughly worked split stones bonded with mortar, datable to the 9th century, was built on top of the collapsed hut. Only the southern corner of this structure was preserved which belonged to a defensive structure, perhaps a tower. Occupation evidence comprised a simple beaten earth floor and a hole, perhaps a small silo. That the structure went out of use was shown by the presence of a large pit used for lime making in relation to the building of a new square tower in the 12th century (2008 excavation). In fact the pit was obliterated by waste materials from stone and metal working. The construction of the gatehouse (2008) began with the obliteration of the lime kiln.

The excavation within sector 3000 revealed the presence of a post-medieval agricultural phase characterised by the presence of containing terraces created with reused materials from the tower collapse. This phase differs from that present in area 2000 which began in the late 15th-early 16th century in that it began in the 19th century. The tower collapse was found below this phase. Its orientation and stratigraphic position revealed the dynamics of the collapse itself, which occurred at the same time as the tower was deliberately blown up using mines, taking down the walls of the gatehouse with it. Over time the long exposure of the collapse and the sloping terrain caused the materials to wash away, a process only interrupted by the agricultural phase. Below the collapse was a parallel cut in the bedrock thought to relate to a passage, perhaps a footpath, the end of which was identified within sector 3500.

Excavation of sector 3500 also revealed an agricultural phase constituted by 19th century terracing, overlying the washed out material from the collapse. Below the collapse was the terminal part of the pathway identified in sector 3000 and a patch of cobbled surface, which may attest the existence of an open space in this part of the site. Traces of a wall bonded with mortar pre-dated the cobbled surface. The wall was part of an earlier curtain wall of the “cassero” perhaps linked to the castle’s first stone built phase identified in area 2000. The south-western sector revealed a series of rock-cut post holes and traces of a hearth which a preliminary hypothesis suggests area evidence for an early medieval building in perishable materials.