There were lots of remains like this, all over the place.

Now, I am sorry, but I am going to sound like a complete philistine here. I found this on a rock in the area. At first glance I thought it was some ancient item of jewellery but it is in fact a small wasp nest that must have been fairly recently constructed. Coincidentally, it looks like a skull. A bit of a heavy metal skull at that. I was more fascinated by it than by the vast majority of things I have seen in museums. I know this makes me a lousy historian, but the heart likes what the heart likes...

According to the map, the settlement was just behind that ridge in the middle distance.

I wonder if this was the sort of view that greeted Sophocles Hadjisavvas when he surveyed the area in the 70s?

While the Souskiou cemeteries are widely known, the settlement attracted little interest because it was felt to be too eroded and presumably lacked the valued objects that typify the cemeteries. It is located on the prominent, narrow Laona ridge and is largely oriented to the south, hidden on slopes facing away from the Dhiarizos valley. It is nevertheless positioned at a nexus of communication routes along the coast and between the coast and the mountains. Sophocles Hadjisavvas was the first to systematically survey the site in 1975 when he recorded heaps of stones marking the position of destroyed houses.

Source: souskiou.com

As we approached the area, more substantial remains were visible through the long grass and thorns.