In the village of Varnupio, located in the Skiemonių eldership of Anykščių district, lies a hillfort. To reach the site, one travels from Skiemonys - Alanta, turning west and proceeding into the woods past a homestead. It is difficult to find, tucked away within a dense forest of birch trees, requiring a 500-meter walk on a faint path through two fences.
The hillfort is situated on a separate hill and is surrounded by marshes. It features an oval clearing that is 20x16 meters in size, oriented from the northwest to the southeast. The slopes are of medium height, reaching up to 5 meters, and the area is overgrown with birch trees.
This site dates from the 1st millennium BC to the beginning of the 1st millennium. It is documented in the supplement to the new list of hillforts (1995-2000) by Gintautas Zabiela, and is also noted in the 2002 work by Vykintas Vaitkevičius and Gintautas Zabiela regarding expeditions in the east.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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