The site at contrada Bregatorto occupies an elongated terrace at an elevation of c. 973 m c. 0.5 km to the south of Piano Liso, a small plain on the high plateau known as the Dossone della Melìa or dorsale tabulare which separates the Jonian and Tyrhenian coasts in south-central Calabria. The terrace overlooks the Jonian coast. Remains of three perimeter walls are visible on its northern, eastern, and southern sides. The eastern and southern walls are the best preserved and measure 38 m and 43 m respectively; they enclose a surface exceeding 1000 m². Their masonry, which consists of dry-built cobbles and roughly hewn stones (resembling that of the Locrian fort on the summit of Monte Palazzi), and the presence of numerous Greek roof tiles, identify this structure as a Locrian fortification. The dating of the roof tiles suggests that the site was occupied between the late 6th and the 3rd centuries B.C. The location of this fort on the estern rim of the Dossone plateau suggests that it was a critical node on the most direct overland route from Locri Epizephyrii to the Tyrrhenian coast. After crossing the plateau, this route would have passed by another Locrian outpost at località Palazzo (Cittanova), c. 3.5 km to the south of the Passo del Mercante. The presence of these military installations on the western borders of Locri’s territory is evidence of an elaborate system of defense that may have been in operation from the archaic to the hellenistic period.