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VELIKUŠKĖS II (AN ISLAND) HILLFORT

Nature / landscape

Velikuškės II Hillfort dates back to the first millennium BC to the I millennium. On the slope, in an area of 1 ha, there are foothills of the ancient settlement. The hillfort is located on the eastern shore of the Lake Sartai Bradesiai gulf. The hillfort is surrounded by water on three sides (Lake Zalvė and the Zalvė stream), and on the fourth side it is a wet inter-hill, therefore the hillfort is also known by the name of the Sala (an Island). The slopes of the hillfort are steep up to 25 m high, the site has an irregular quadrangular shape. Fragments of moulded  pottery, animal bones and stone axes were found in the cultural layer that survived during the research.

Country

Lithuania

Historic land

Selonia

Nature / landscape

Mounds

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