The 2007-2008 excavation campaign looked at various sectors of the vast abbey complex, with the exception of the church. In the cloister, trench 1 opened an area of circa 33.54 m2 revealing a series of structures datable to various periods which showed how the area had been heavily altered over the centuries. In the sector to the north a series of sub-circular pits were identified whose function and date could not however be established. It was of interest that all the archaeological evidence pre-dated the construction, on a north-south alignment, of the cloister’s enclosure wall. Trench 2 A-B investigated the “chapter house” and opened a total area of 40.48 m2 uncovering a dump of inert material used to level the area prior to the laying of the modern flooring. The excavation revealed the presence of a large ditch-channel on a north-south alignment running along the length of the room’s eastern edge. In the area west of this room a series of small channels, on a north-south alignment, and post holes cut into the bedrock were identified. These probably pre-dated the construction of the abbey itself or may have belonged to a phase in which the “chapter house” was no longer used for ecclesiastical meetings, but possibly for agricultural purposes. Trench 2 C looked at the room below the sacristy and opened a total area of 15.27 m2. Here a series of post holes on a north-west/south-east alignment were found, belonging to a staircase structure which provided access to the spaces above. Trench 3 A-B was situated to the south of the “chapter house” and opened an area of 71.89 m2. Here the tops of seven walls were identified, on an east-west alignment, obliterated by dumps of earth datable to between the end of the 14th century and the mid 18th century. The walls were similar, built of medium and large stones bonded with strong light coloured mortar. They rested directly on the granite bedrock which presented numerous post holes, not datable at the present time. The post holes of varying sizes and shape belong to differing periods but were all pertinent to wooden structures which pre-dated the abbey’s construction. Trench 3 C examined a narrow room and opened a total area of 10.98 m2 revealing channelling ditches running from east to west filled with almost completely sterile sandy material. Trench 4 opened an area of 19.22 m2. Below the modern flooring there was a large ditch on a north-south alignment, already seen in the other trenches, relating to the construction of a modern sewer for the drainage of rain water from the hill north of the abbey. Also present were a number of dumps of friable and clayey material. Of interest was the presence of walls which appeared to post-date the abbey’s construction and which, on a north-south alignment, seemed to continue in the piazza in front of the south façade. These walls seemed to be cut by the small channels already identified in the cloister, used to drain water or regulate its flow. An ancient door that had been obliterated was found on the south side of the abbey.