The Šeduviškės piliakalnis, also known as Šankiai, is a hillfort located in the Kelmė district municipality, near the village of Laugalis. It sits on a separate hill that was once a swampy marsh, now partially drained. The mound is round, measuring 45 metres in diameter, and is higher on its southern side. The slopes rise between 3 and 9 metres in height.
In the middle of the mound is a natural depression measuring 20 metres wide. The site is surrounded by foxholes, and while trees once grew on the mound, they have since been cut down.
Archaeological research on the site was conducted in 1967 by the Institute of Lithuanian History. These studies date the hillfort back to the first millennium.
To visit the site, you can take the road from Maironiai to Laugalis. From the farms in Laugalis, travel 1.15 km westward on a gravel road. The site is located on the left side of the road, in the west, just past a sharp turn to the right toward the edge of the forest.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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