Situated within the sprawl of the Marijampolė municipality, west of Padovinys village, the West Padovinys Hillfort has captivated locals and scholars alike. It was given a once-over by grand old Duke Jonas Totoraitis himself in 1908, and its status was upgraded to a republican archaeological monument as early as 1972. The State Archeology Commission entrusted the duty of preservation to a private owner, Juozas Griniūnas, in 1935. Fast forward to 1997, it was enlisted as cultural heritage complex A237K in the Cultural Heritage Register of the Republic of Lithuania; its status was elevated further in 2005, becoming a cultural monument of state importance.
Curiously, this monument sports a moat encircling an oval-shaped area, approximately 27x22 meters in size, and is 12 meters deep and 1 meter in width. Ominously, its summit courtyard is a steep and stone-strew terrain, adorned with openings, two millstones, ceramic fragments, pottery shards, and bones. Its surroundings offer additional intrigue, as they contain ceramic shards, pottery, and bone fragments.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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