Three excavation sites were explored in 2012.

Southern excavation site. A stone pavement was uncovered alongside the rampart’s inner slope for 20 m already. There were not many finds at the ancient buried surface. Instead, two fireplaces and two pits were traced here.

Pit 7 was in form of a bell, 1.35 m deep. At the lower part, several pieces of pottery were found, among which a rounded bowl and a pot draws attention. The upper part of the pit was filled with pieces of burned clay.

Pit 8 measuring 1.4 m deep, had an oval form and a step in the corner. It was also covered with a layer of burned clay and boulders that rolled down from a stone pavement. A set of ware distinguished by two types of bowls. From one side, the typical rounded bowls constituted the majority of such finds. On another side, a wide bowl with flat open rims decorated with carved triangles was also found here. Besides that, a broken horn psalia decorated with a carved image of a horse hoof draws attention. Several pieces of horn wastes were also found together with it.

Pit 9 measuring 1.45 m deep distinguished by a large cooking wares that laid at the bottom part together with a layer of burned clay pieces. One of the pots has archaic ornamentation that are the raised punctured borders placed on the rim and on the middle part of it.

Pit 10 measuring 1.1 m deep, had an interesting find of the zoomorphic figurine and horn bead within.

Pit 11 measuring 1.3 m deep, had a square form and a stair alongside the wall.

Pit 12 was distinguished by a find of a flint sickle that is a very archaic feature for an Early Iron Age site.

South-Western excavation site. Only two small household pits (№№ 13 and 14) containing mostly pieces of pottery were explored in this area.

The last excavation site is a trench that was dug out on the NE part of the hillfort. Though the fortifications were not fully explored some interesting observations were proposed. A rampart was 1.3 m high and 4 m wide, with a flat inner slope 15 m wide. The inner part of the rampart was erected using the cultural layer possibly from the main area of the hillfort. A bronze trilobate arrowhead is the most interesting find among them. Also, five non-simultaneous fireplaces were traced within the rampart’s layers covered with layers of white clay and sterile ash without the cultural debris.