Neravai Hillfort: A 2000-year-old Mystery Echoes from Ancient Lithuania

Neravai Hillfort: A 2000-year-old Mystery Echoes from Ancient Lithuania

An enigmatic Iron Age burial site, Neravai Hillfort in Lithuania offers a glimpse of the lives of its builders, and secrets hidden beneath the stones.

Neravai Hillfort, a quartzite fortress, stands proudly on the left bank of the Neris river, in the town of Grigiškis, Lithuania. Constructed in the 1st to 2nd centuries AD, this triangular-shaped fortress boasts walls that are 40 meters long and 1.5 meters high. The fortress, with its moat near the entrance and an entrance 6 meters wide and 1 meter deep, rests at an altitude of approximately 30 meters. Surrounding the fortress is a protected cultural heritage site, covering a vast 12 000 m².

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Written by Nicolo Ciampini

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