The exploration of the fondo Manca, begun in 2000, was completed. The only identified structures were the foundations of a Messapian house constituted by 7 blocks of carparo stone and a threshold. The presumed collapse of the roof, seen in 2000, turned out to be a dump of material containing not only roof tiles but many fragments of amphorae and containers. The edge of the dump was parallel (at circa 2.5 m) to the wall surrounding the fondo. The dump was sealed by cement deposits. The layer below contained plastic. The Messapian house thus seems to have been removed by mechanical diggers during the widening of via Macchiavelli, between 1980 and 1982. The only surviving wall provided useful topographical data: the line of the road on which it stood is known from the 1992 excavations in the nearby locality of Quattrare (Montinaro property).