The investigations undertaken in 2009 explored three different areas of the site. The first trench was opened near the canal in an area with a high concentration of ceramics. Patched and raised mortar floors were documented here along with two robbed walls’ trenches. Burned soil deposits found beneath the floors suggest a potential fire and destruction of the former building (a Villa?).

A second trench was opened at a distance of circa 30 m from the previous. Here a complicated sequence of earth floors, trenches, robbed walls and dump deposits were recorded. A burial was found within a robbed wall trench probably belonging to a later phase of occupation.

The third trench unearthed a portion of a road constructed in cobblestones and brick fragments mixed with mortar. The road was approximately 9 m wide and was oriented North-South – in direction of Ravenna and Rimini. A coin, probably of Constantine I, collected in the mortar during preparation of the road, and attests the use of this path at least in fourth century. The remains of a building facing the road on the eastern side have been found, but at the moment the use of this space is not clear, however it was in use contemporary to the road.

Finally, a forth trench was cut at the western limit of the field seeking to determine the extent of the site. Beneath circa 1.30 m of agricultural soil that was free of finds, a consistent dark layer has been discovered. The base of a pillar was documented at the centre of the excavation documenting the presence of a building in this area. In addition, some small trenches and post-holes cut by later deposits attested a long use also in this part of the site. Notably in this trench was uncovered a second burial unfortunately without any goods, but cut by the later layers of the excavation.