After passing the “stoà ad U” and the walls by means of a gangway, one can skirt these last by walking in the open space which separates the walls from the sea side of the inhabited area. The blocks of houses in this area are the result of an occupation subsequent to the original layout, possibly caused by demographic growth.They are irregular because divided by stenopoi, narrow roads running from the mountain to the sea, which are not orthogonal to the plateia, the great road uphill, are not of the same width and are not even at a constant distance from it.
In the first block, one can see an interesting ambitus a narrow gap (about half a metre) which marked the confine between two houses and functioned as a channel for rainwater dripping from the roofs of the houses. This function was assisted by a clay tube while vertically positioned tiles protected the walls of the houses from humidity. As one proceeds, one encounters a stenopos which is exceptionally wide (6 instead of the usual 4 metres) in that it functioned as a link to the monumental gate of the propylaeum in front of it.
The western section of the dig presents a series of ovens, among which there is one of the largest and best preserved in Locri, which is  protected by roofing. The circular structure which is about 3.8 metres in diameter, represents the room for cooking defined by a circle of crude bricks which during use became cooked, taking on the characteristic reddish colour. Inside, there is a perforated surface upon which materials were placed, one needs to imagine a mobile dome which was positioned and removed during the different phases of cooking. Proceeding to the last block, there are several interesting elements, a well, a group of pithoi, containers for provisions and a stone altar. Returning, one can take the stenopos in front of the propylaeum and reach the plateia, the great road which linked the inhabited area to the Sanctuary of Marasà. About 14 metres wide, one can perhaps imagine it occupied at the sides by the roofs and porticos of the houses facing each and therefore it was perhaps a little more narrow. The first block of dwelling that one encounters on the hill side is characterised by the fact that it is not separated off by the gap of the ambitus but rather by a long continuous wall. It is difficult to estimate the planimetry of the single houses on the ground because the foundations from the multiple building phases are preserved at different heights. It is, however, possible to identify ample spaces, the yards, around which were located the different rooms with differing functions. On the ground, it is possible to identify easily the phase from the second half  of the second century B.C., yet, from a phase which precedes this buy around fifty years, which identifies the land as being used for extensive crafts work buildings for the working of clay, there are the remains of the ovens, also visible in the succeeding block.  The blocks downhill also present interesting structures, among which there is a follonica which is worthy of note. This was an installation for the dyeing of fabrics, centred around three circular interconnecting basins. To return, one can follow the stenopos which divides the two above mentioned blocks and it can be noted from the left hand side of the rooms that, on account of their planimetric layout, they seem to have been shops. At the point where the road opens out, there are parapets, which have a different orientation from the remaining  structures, of a pit grave made in the late ancient period when the area had been abandoned.