Mažosios Riešės piliakalnis, also known as Batarėja, is an archaeological site located in Riešė, Lithuania. It is mapped as a historic archaeological site and a tourist attraction. The site's layout is roughly square, with dimensions of 32m x 45m at the top, and 1.5m height at the base. The site is dated to the 1st millennium BC – 2nd millennium AD. The south side of the site has a slope of 1m high, made of a sloping rampart wall. The site's state is considered to be of the Iron Age.
The site's triangular shape is more accurately a square shape with dimensions of 32m x 45m at the top. The hillfort's state is considered to be of the Iron Age, Statutes, with a height of 1.5m at the base. The hillfort's location is approximately 0.5 km to the northwest of Mažosios Riešė village. Approximately 400 meters to the northwest is the settlement of the V–XII centuries known as the Upper Rusokas Hillfort (excavated in 1974).
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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