During this season, the excavations concentrated on the north-eastern area of the sanctuary. The area north east of the portico’s perimeter wall, in addition to the remains of the retaining wall to the north (partially excavated in the 1970s and further documented in 2012), seemed to be characterised by a deep stratigraphy that will presumably provide evidence for the layout of the sanctuary to the exterior of the perimeter formed by the portico.

A substantial section of a retaining wall on a west/north-east alignment was uncovered in the north-western part of the east trench. This wall ran parallel to the temple portico’s northern perimeter wall, following the same alignment as the section situated immediately behind the temple cella, identified in 2012. At the edge of the northern part of the trench, this containing wall joined to a second stretch of wall on a north-east/east alignment.
Like its other parts, the wall was a dry-stone construction built of large and medium sized stones cut directly from the hillside. This structure, in particular the northern sector, as well as delimiting the area occupied by the temple, also contained the strong thrust exercised by the hill itself, in antiquity as now, on the central zone of medium grade slope occupied by the sanctuary area. Over time, this pressure had caused the walls to collapse and they were also affected by hill-wash from the surrounding slopes.