Shota iremashvili, Omar Kiladze, Javar Salia

    Recently great attention is given to reconstruction and restoration of Georgian architectural monuments. National Club “Temple” did its bit in it. Students of Tbilisi State University carried out very hard work disinterested. The meaning of their project is very enormous, not only saving monuments, but also youth touches with its past, it increases their creative range, work habits, learn independent life, their love to our history and motherland becomes deeper and the main part, they become owners of these monuments and are eager to take care of them.

    Cleaning works have done in Khobi region fortress, in the village Khamiskuri (Jikha – in megrelian) in August-September, 2007. This fortress is known as Kheta Fortress and is surrounded with three towers. It is built on a rock with limestone. Wooden poles are used for strength. First, towers were built and then a fence, there are no connection among them. Holes for guns are built only in towers and it is arched covered, its big fragment is saved in the tower number 3.

    The porch is built in the north wall of the fence. Two walls were seen, during cleaning, which are built from the outside of the porch. It had two doors. A lot of clay fragments and iron nails were found in the ground.

    The native population calls this in wall built frame, candle frame. Smell of candle could be mentioned while cleaning. A range of big stones surrounds the frame. The foundation and floor were covered with a clay layer. There is a barn, which is burnt. There were discovered bones of cattle, bits of clay dishes, iron nails, two small knives, a clay tobacco-pipe, a deer’s horn and a silver coin with Arabian legend.

    Holes for guns and marani are discovered on the first floor of the tower №2. There are four pitchers; its necks come to the second floor. The pitchers are covered with lime. The tower has a stone floor. The fact of existed pitchers is very rare in the tower.

    Accordingly to the architectural view, the fortress belongs to the first part of the XVIII century.