Verstaminų piliakalnis III is a hillfort and settlement located in the Lazdijai district, to the southwest of Verstaminai village in the Teizai eldership. The site is situated on the western bank of a lake, approximately 600 meters northwest of the first hillfort and 300 meters northwest of the second.
The hillfort features a rectangular courtyard measuring 26 by 8 meters, with slopes reaching heights of 12 to 15 meters. It is highly weathered and covered in grass. In the west-southwest on a 0.5-hectare plot of the bank lies a settlement where archaeologists have found pottery, including smooth, coarse, and cross-hatched ceramics.
The site was surveyed by the Institute of History in 1965, and its finds are preserved by the National Museum of Lithuania. Declared a cultural monument in 1998, the site covers an area of 41,400 square meters with a physical protection zone of 12,000 square meters.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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