Sviliškių piliakalnis is a hillfort located in the Sviliškės parish of Zarasai district. It sits on a separate hill in the southwestern part of Lake Avinuosto, on the left bank of the Rasmos stream. The site features an oval courtyard measuring 70x48 meters, oriented west-to-east, with the southern edge rising up to 1 meter above the ground.
The courtyard was surrounded by a wall. On the western edge, a section of the wall remains 0.2 meters high and 5 meters wide, while on the southern edge, it reaches 1 meter high and 9 meters wide. The slopes were artificially built to a height of 2 meters. In the eastern slope, 2 meters below the courtyard, there is a 4-meter wide terrace, and an 8-meter wide terrace is located in the northern slope. In the northwestern part of the northern slope, there is a 4-meter wide, 0.2-meter deep ditch with a 6-meter wide, 0.2-meter high wall filled behind it. In the northwestern slope, 6 meters below the courtyard, lies a natural 10-meter wide terrace.
The hillfort is surrounded by ditches and covered with mixed forest. It dates to the 1st millennium BC - middle of the 1st millennium BC. The monument's territory covers an area of 26,000 square meters, and the site of the Maniuliškių hillfort can be found 500 meters to the northeast.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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