The excavation of 2010 in the Late Antique and Medieval fortified settlement of Grazhdan were located at five different parts of the site: southeastern tower; southern wall; southwestern part of the surrounding wall; to the north of the area, locally known as “the stadium”; as well as to the cemetery within and outside the fortress walls.
The excavation in the fan-shaped tower (southeastern tower) aided in defining its plan as well as the utilized construction and architectonic elements. At the outer side of the tower, the excavation reached up to the zoccolature level, which is a construction of river stones bonded with abundant mortar, and thereby creates a stable basement for the monument’s erection. The tower’s wall is from 2, 2 to 2, 3 m wide; its entrance consists of two worked basements measuring from 0, 5 m x 0, 44 m x 0, 35 m and 0, 63 m x 0, 49 m x 0, 29 m. Within the tower, at its entrance part, a stone and mortar layer was uncovered, which seems to belong to the floor level of the tower’s ground floor. The excavations carried out to the southwestern part of the site, extended in a 25 m of length, aimed to uncover the outer wall line of the fortification. Diggings were also undertaken at the part area known as “the stadium”. The test pits materials showed that the wall has a tendency of descending as it goes from the south to the north direction. The new revealed data were important for explaining the layout plan on this side of the fortification, which seems to have followed the terrain isolines. At the end of the excavation, the cemetery was backfilled in order to prevent its further damage.