Archaeological investigations were undertaken in the area occupied by a small rural church visible from aerial photographs. The aim was to uncover the surviving structures of the site, verify the existence of a cemetery area, ascertain the presence of a perimeter wall and provide a construction date.
The first excavation campaign brought to light the foundations of the church (4×8m),with the entrance to the west and semicircular apse to the east. Investigations still in progress regard the area outside the church, where traces of the perimeter wall and simple inhumations have been found. All the burials are on a parallel alignment with the church wall, with the head to the west. The stratified contexts and few grave goods date the burials to between circa 1100 and 1500.
As regards the construction date of the church, the data recovered so far provides certain dating only to the second half of the 12th century, even though the dedication of the church and its topographical position hint at an earlier foundation.
The earliest material recovered comprises a small coin, a “scodellato” of the Doge Orio Malipiero (1178-1192) and several fragments of plain buff coarseware decorated with incised parallel lines, of the same date.