The site is a fortified settlement from the Late Antiquity, situated on the road which leads from Stobi to Pautalia and Serdica. It occupies an area of 25 000 square metres. Since 1985, Viničko Kale has been systematically excavated. The excavations uncovered many different buildings and revealed the stratigraphy of the site. The most significant and unique discovery is that of the so called “Terracotta icons” – terracotta tiles with relief representation of biblical motives. In 2008, with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture and the Government of R. Macedonia, large scale excavations were undertaken on three different points of the site: the Eastern Fortification Wall, the Western Fortification Wall and the Central area. The research confirmed the line of eastern defensive wall which is very ruined. In contrast, however, the western wall is preserved to a height of 3 – 4 meters and 204 metres of its length are visible. The wall has 6 towers (4 rectangular, one circular and one pentagonal tower). Graves from the 12 – 14 century AD were found inside the wall, in the top layers, as part of the necropolis known from the past excavations.
Destruction layers of huts from the 6th and 7th century AD are discovered in central area of the town. These poor houses were founded on the walls of a big public building from the 4-5 century. The mortar floors of the building were destroyed. The stratigraphy here is very much disturbed by the construction activities in the different centuries. However, the chronological variability of the finds shows that the site was settled in the Late Bronze Age and the Classical period. Lots of fragments of “Terracota icons” are found in the destruction layer of the last occupation level (6th – 7th centuries AD),used as building material in the walls of the huts. Besides the hundreds of pieces with previously known motifs there are few icons with relief representations which are seen for the first time.