Site I8 is located on the western slopes of the Diakoupia ridge, 1.8 km. N of the modern village of Tragana. On the highest point of the ridge are three small houses, now used seasonally. The site itself lies immediately W of the northernmost house, just beneath the crest of the ridge. The field in which the site is located is covered with mature olives planted on unterraced slopes[095.26]; the ground has not recently been plowed and the field is full of weeds. W of the site, the ridge slopes steeply toward the valley bottom.
Densities of artifacts are highest ca. 30 m. W of the house, downslope from a small terrace, supported by a short, slightly curved, rubble retaining wall.[113.33] The retaining wall is built of irregular small stones, some larger roughly worked blocks, and tile fragments; it is the only built terrace in the vicinity. The wall may incorporate the remains of a collapsed structure; artifacts appear to be eroding from the terrace supported by it.
This site consists mostly of tile fragments that date from the Turkish-Early Modern period. Several diagnostic sherds date to the Byzantine-Turkish/Early Venetian periods and give a range of 14th-18th century for the site material. Associated tracts, however, contained two cookpot fragments that have been categorized as Roman. Most of the sherds are extremely worn, with smoothed edges and few clear breaks.