The investigations of this year aimed to have a full understanding of the archaeological situation revealed in the excavation sector near by the surrounding wall, located between the wide road and the terrace at the foot of hill 104 of the ancient city of Apollonia. The excavations uncovered a channel (US 242) with a brick floor and l sides. Its upper part seems to have been demolished by the foundations of another, later, structure (US 252) built above it. The channel falls down from the south following the slopes of hill 104, up to the point, where it was cut by the road, at the northern side. A wall (12) of limestone blocks was uncovered at the lower levels of the channel. It seems to have lost its function during the construction of the channel. The excavations showed that wall 12 continued toward south, until it joined with the fortification tower (structure 233 identified during the excavations of 2000) of the upper part of the city. Next to the wall 12, a structure (222) consisting of two parallel walls and a floor made of small irregular stones was uncovered. The structure seems to be of the same period with wall 12.
At the point where the road was interrupted by another one which runs toward hill 104, a structure was uncovered. It has the floor (US 246) paved with small stones and walls made of large limestone stone blocks (US 228). One of the walls has its outer side higher then the inner, this probably because the wall functioned also as a terrace wall for the structure. This due to the fact that this latter was built on the lower slopes of the hill.
The material found in the layers associated with the building alongside wall 12, and with that near the road, dates to the second half of the 2nd Century BC.