The poorly preserved remains of a mansion built in Middle Minoan III were discovered a few kilometres south-east of Chania near the village of Nerokourou. The site was excavated by a joint Italian-Greek team, led by Y. Tzedakis and A. Sacconi, between 1977 and 1980. It is a rare example of Neopalatial architecture from Western Crete. Although a bulldozer destroyed much of the north and west part of the building, the remaining rooms, which include a large hall with pier-and-door partitions and paved floors, indicate that the building was similar to town houses at Knossos in this period. The building was destroyed in LM IB but in LM IA alterations were made to the building. As the excavators pointed out, "during the last phase of its use the building loses its initial character. Flimsy walls within the large hall with the columns and the polythyron hide storage pithoi, while the living quarters upstairs are made into workshops and storage areas." The light well to the south was also closed off by a wall, which had the effect of restricting access to the building. These changes are in line with those at many other sites at this time noted by Driessen and MacDonald in their book "The Troubled Island".

Room 3, the light well	Room 2, originallythe southern part of the great hall
Room 1, the northern part of the great hall with pier and door partition at its northern end	Pier and door partition with room 1 beyond
Nerokourou seen from the south-east	Nerokourou seen from the north